Magnetic Shoelaces

Individuals with limited dexterity due either to problems with muscle control or to joint pain can have difficulty lacing and tying their shoes.  These magnetic shoelaces, originally designed by the Ruiz brothers at Adafruit, make it possible to easily put on,  tighten, and later, take off lace-up shoes.

This design improves on their design by supporting bar magnets of any size (much less expensive and much stronger than the disk magnets of the Ruiz design), sealing the magnets in a protectiv