--- title: PUMA Fi: The 100 Best Inventions of 2019 description: Find out why PUMA Fi is one of the best inventions of 2019. canonical: https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2019/5734576/puma-fi/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-11-21T01:04:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-02T23:35:58.177Z og:title: PUMA Fi: Special Mention on The 100 Best Inventions of 2019 og:description: Find out why PUMA Fi received a special mention on this year's list. og:url: https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2019/5734576/puma-fi/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltef1dfba9e0bad79d/698a0663db2987effa264894/best-inventions-2019-puma-fi.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: PUMA Fi: Special Mention on The 100 Best Inventions of 2019 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: PUMA Fi: Special Mention on The 100 Best Inventions of 2019 twitter:description: Find out why PUMA Fi received a special mention on this year's list. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltef1dfba9e0bad79d/698a0663db2987effa264894/best-inventions-2019-puma-fi.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Nov 21, 2019 # A Digital Sneaker PUMA Fi by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff  _SPECIAL MENTION:_ German footwear company [PUMA](https://us.puma.com/) has unveiled the $330 PUMA Fi laceless shoe: just swipe up on the top of the sneaker, and tiny computer processors tell micro-motors to tighten it up. Swipe down to loosen the fit. Users can also control their comfort from an iPhone app or Apple watch. Over 30,000 people from more than 10 countries have applied to beta test the shoes, which will be available for consumers next year. _—Sean Gregory_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2019/5734576/puma-fi/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2019/5734576/puma-fi/"},"headline":"PUMA Fi: Special Mention on The 100 Best Inventions of 2019","datePublished":"2019-11-21T01:04:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:35:58.177Z","description":"Find out why PUMA Fi received a special mention on the best inventions of 2019 list.","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2019/5734576/puma-fi/","keywords":["Best Inventions 2019"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltef1dfba9e0bad79d/698a0663db2987effa264894/best-inventions-2019-puma-fi.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltef1dfba9e0bad79d/698a0663db2987effa264894/best-inventions-2019-puma-fi.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2019/5734576/puma-fi/","name":"PUMA Fi: Special Mention on The 100 Best Inventions of 2019"}}]}] ```