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Nike shoe now communicates with your Ipod. Surprised? so was I. Nike releases a new product Nike+iPod Sport Kit. This device embeds into your Nike shoe and communicates with your Ipod when you train.  Read the extract below from CNET

    Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs and Nike CEO Mark Parker on Tuesday unveiled new products that connect the Nike+ Air Zoom Moire, a new running shoe outfitted with a sensor and receiver, with an iPod Nano to report running data in real time and track joggers’ progress.

“Information on time, distance, calories burned and pace is stored on the iPod and displayed on the screen,” according to a statement released by Apple. This information is also reported via iPod users’ headphones as they run.

Runners can program a particular workout into their iPod Nano using “The Nike+ Experience” software, available July 13. While running, a woman’s voice will inform runners of their progress. When the workout is done and the iPod is synced with the runner’s computer, progress is charted.

Awesome is all i can say. Along with this, Nike also unveiled a new line of apparels for accomodating the ipod when training. The ipod sits on the arm of every runner and the headphoens run through a concealed layer inside the  apparel. What an age we live in ….