A basketball sneaker that knows when your jumping to block that shot and to support your ankles when you come back down from the air?  Impossible?  Not anymore - on May 17, 2006, Adidas will unveil it’s Adidas 1.1 B, the first basketball shoe with intelligent cushioning.  This sneaker will actually have a microprocessor inside and runs on a light lithium battery.  Adidas is banking this shoe will be as big of a hype as the Apple iPod has been.  Being the first on the block with these will cost a sticker shock price of $250.  This shoe has already made waves when it was originally announced, being mentioned in Popular Science and Time Magazine.

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