Tag: Treadmill
Peloton treadmills recalled after injuries and child death
VIDEO: Oculus Rift paired with an omnidirectional treadmill looks like the true next-gen gaming set-up
This is almost as dorky as it is insane: the video above shows the Oculus Rift virtual reality gaming headset paired with an omnidirectional treadmill that allows gamers to physically run around their favourite first-person games. Forget the PS4 and…
YouTube Video of the Week: Moving treadmill
Okay – I’ve seen some stupid inventions in my time, but this really takes the biscuit. It’s a treadmill that – get this – moves along the road as you run on it. Like the treadmills-in-World of Warcraft video, but in real life. Your fake running gets translated to real movement. How’s that for a waste of time, energy and the planet’s precious natural resources?
(via Burbia)
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YouTube Hits: Running through World of Warcraft on a treadmill
If you’re a World of Warcraft player, then you’ll know exactly how much running there is in the game. You almost spend more time running than you do anything else. Even when you get a horse for the first time, you still only go 60% faster than normal, so getting places does take a while, but that’s okay – it makes the world feel “bigger”…
Pawwws Pet Treadmill – fitness for fat dogs
As obesity in humans has risen, so has obesity in dogs – getting fat off the takeaway leftovers. What’s the answer – more walking? A long run? Less junk food? Not in the US – you can buy the Pawwws Pet Treadmill instead…
Strap your laptop onto a treadmill, with TheNetRunner, and order pizza whilst jogging!
Let’s all blame Nintendo. That seems fairly reasonable, they’ve really kick-started this trend for exercising-whilst-gaming/brain-training/surfing the net, even giving other companies an excuse to cash in on the puzzling exercise trend.
$6,500 is an awful lot to spend on the Walkstation workstation which we saw a few weeks back, but for just $99, you can get a…
Walkstation workstation: jog on a treadmill as you blog
Hands up – how many people would purchase this Walkstation, thinking they’d be able to fit in at least an hour’s exercise each day as they plough through their RSS feeds, but after a week, it’s start accumulating dust as the couch in front of a Hollyoaks episode is more appealing than jogging whilst surfing.
Priced at $6,500, you’d think consumers would be able to afford a personal trainer for that amount of money, but…
