Bicycle + Treadmill Hack

Posted by Alex in Car & Vehicle, Funny, Pictures, Sports on May 3, 2009 at 3:00 pm


Photo: frankh

Remember the mobile treadmill posted on Neatorama a while ago? Well, Flickr user frankh spotted a DIY version at MIT (where else?). Apparently, it’s what you get when you cross a bicycle with a treadmill – via GadgetLab

 
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Democracy be Damned: NASA Nixed "Colbert" ISS Node

Posted by Alex in Funny, Science & Tech on April 17, 2009 at 1:32 pm

Aw! Being the Internet slowpoke, I’ve just learned that NASA has bucked the will of the people and named the International Space Station’s next module "Tranquility" instead of the rightful winner of the online voting contest, "Colbert" (after the comedian Stephen Colbert).

But Colbert didn’t go away empty handed: he’s got a treadmill named after him and millions of adoring fans (and lots of money) to console him during these difficult times:

The space agency had asked people for help naming the node by voting on NASA-suggested names and writing in their own suggestions. After the poll ended on 20 March, "Colbert" came out the clear winner with more than 230,000 votes, while "Tranquility" garnered a mere 4493 votes. [...]

But Colbert didn’t walk away empty handed.

Astronaut Sunita Williams, who ran the first marathon in space two years ago, announced on his show on Tuesday that Colbert would get something in the new node named for him – and it’s not the toilet, as had been rumoured. Williams said his name would grace the node’s treadmill, due to launch in August. The exercise equipment will be called the Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill.

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Canine Treadmill

Posted by Alex in Animal, Funny, Gadget, Home & Garden on January 6, 2009 at 12:10 am

I don’t know whether to call this American ingenuity and laziness: behold the Canine Treadmill that lets the dog walk itself indoors. You can set the speed, distance, and incline to give your dog the right amount of exercise.

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