Gadgets

4WD-Sized Treadmill Pool Provides Awkward-Looking Workouts

I understand that not everyone has the room or budget for a real pool, but even a weekly trip to the YMCA has to be a better alternative than this tethered Swimmer’s Treadmill which trades your dignity for fitness.


June 6, 2011
Geek Out

An Overturned Army Tank Is A Treadmill For Olympic Athletes

They wanted to use an American tank, but weren’t allowed – that’s why the American team exhibiting at the Venice Biennale used an overturned British tank for their treadmill masterpiece, Track and Field, instead.


April 17, 2010
Science

Milking Cows For Electricity

The livestock power mill makes cows even more productive turning farms into virtual power plants.


March 2, 2010
Gadgets

NordicTrack X7i Could Allow You To Jog On The Moon

Your Technotronic playlist aside, running on a treadmill is inherently boring because you are stuck in a room running on the same platform. But what if you could switch things up and simulate actual, real world topography?


October 23, 2009

Mobia From Nautilus Is The iPod Of Treadmills

The Mobia treadmill has a couple things going for it. Right off the bat you notice the clean and simple iPod-esque aesthetics from Frog Design. It also has an approach to fitness that could finally help get you in shape.


September 2, 2009

Review: SurfShelf Treadmill Stand For Laptops Is Brilliant

The SurfShelf does what many home-made and Ikea-bought shelves, tables and stands do: put your laptop in front of your face while you’re on a treadmill. And it works beautifully.


June 10, 2009

Sit-to-Walkstation Gives You The Option To Be Lazy

Treadmill-desks aren’t knew. But the $US4900 Sit-to-Walkstation is the first we’ve seen that has a space for a chair, giving you the option to exercise while you work or, once again, stay lazy. [Product Page via BoingBoing]


May 8, 2009
Gadgets

This is Stephen Colbert’s NASA Space Station Treadmill

The Stephen Colbert treadmill looks tiny, but there isn’t a lot of space to go around up there on the ISS. How does this work?


April 15, 2009
Entertainment

NASA Names Treadmill, Not Toilet, After Stephen Colbert

After almost getting a toilet named after him, Stephen Colbert will be surprised to know that he’s getting his name on a treadmill instead. Our surprise? NASA picked the EIGHTH most popular name instead.


September 3, 2008
Gadgets

Treadmill Bed Sends Mixed Signals to the Morbidly Obese

This handy invention is a combination of a treadmill and a bed. It automatically props your fat arse up and puts your feet on a treadmill. Apparently, you can exercise this way. Wait, what?