Mobile Treadmill - Neatorama

If you think about it, treadmills are kind of weird: you walk or run but never go anywhere ... So Alex Astilean of SpeedFit decided that he'll remedy that paradox.

Behold the first human-powered mobile treadmill ... and boy does it boogie down the road!: Link (embedded YouTube clip) - Thanks Marilyn!

I want to see this guy take the treadmoblile down some hills.

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Points for redundancy, at least.

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I like the guy's engineering ability, but do not think it will ever be a product.

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Why not just run without the treadmill...?

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I was wondering how many posts it would take before someone stated the obvious.

Apparently, the answer is 4.

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I would argue 2

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This was an old MST3K gag. And they actually built one, so there's no way this is the first. :P

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thats ... odd...

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Now THAT is genius.

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I guess he must be the designer of the solar-powered torchlight.

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Dumbest invention ever.

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He can always use it to get to the gym.
This one: http://tinyurl.com/2s3jtq

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Way too much time.

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As ridiculous as it may seem, the contraption does seem to be able to propel the runner to a greater speed than that which he'd be able to achieve otherwise. Not entirely useless.

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i like it, i would never use it but it is fun to watch

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