News tagged with exercise bike

Airtight box and plant experiment ends in blinding headaches

(PhysOrg.com) -- Iain Stewart, a professor of geoscience at Plymouth University, spent the weekend carrying out an experiment in Cornwall at the Eden Project. Stewart was locked in an airtight chamber for 48 hours with nothing ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 8 | with audio podcast weblog

Portable pedal machines may help counter harmful effects of sedentary jobs

Portable pedal machines could help counter the harmful effects of prolonged periods spent at a desk or workstation among an increasingly sedentary workforce, suggests a small study published online in the British Journal of ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Cycling a virtual Tour de France on the bike of the future

Tiny beads of sweat break out on Konstantin Domorazki's brow as he races his bike through Beijing's Forbidden City pursued by a tenacious opponent he just can't shake off his tail.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 03, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Exercise makes cigarettes less attractive to smokers

(PhysOrg.com) -- Exercise can help smokers quit because it makes cigarettes less attractive. A new study from the University of Exeter shows for the first time that exercise can lessen the power of cigarettes ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

No sweat: Shuttle's exercise gear on the fritz

Space junk from a Soviet satellite no longer poses a threat to Discovery shuttle, but astronauts face a vexing new problem: the spacecraft's exercise equipment is on the fritz, NASA said Monday.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

To work your brain, work your body

The problem: I lost my car keys. What kind of training will make my brain work better?

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

'Inlet Outlet' Lets Users Give Power Back To Wall Sockets

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ever wish you could you power your home's electrical appliances with the energy you generate on your exercise bike? A new concept called an "inlet outlet" could allow homeowners to put power ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (34) | comments 26 weblog