abstract:The Nike Sports Research Lab is a research and development institute owned by Nike that is located in the Mia Hamm building at the company's headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon that spans a grand total of . They deal with creating new footwear from athletic endeavors like track and field, golf, and basketball.
In a sweltering, claustrophobic chamber the size of a storage closet, a sweat-glazed man in a running top pounds away on a treadmill in the NikeSportsResearchLab in Beaverton, Ore.