Tag: WORKOUT

In the never-ending battle against work productivity, time wasters are our greatest ally. Getting caught playing games instead of that spreadsheet we were supposed to be working on, however, is never fun. Can't You See I'm Busy! has thankfully come to the rescue of sneaky procrastinators everywhere, with a suite of flash games cleverly designed to look like Word documents and Excel spreadsheets. ...

A phone that encourages you to lose weight? That's the novel idea behind the Stix concept phone. You can hook the phone, thanks to its pliable body, to a belt loop or wrap it around your wrist. As the phone can only be charged by kinetic energy, you'll have to walk, run, or otherwise work out if you plan on talking to your friends and loved ones via the phone. It also has a built-in pedometer ...

A new design by The Green Revolution, Inc. is turning stationary bikes into mini-power plants, reports CNN. Green Revolution founder and CEO Jay Whelan has designed -- in conjunction with an engineer -- a machine that converts energy expended on exercise equipment into electricity. At present, the company has outfitted only exercise bikes with the technology, although Whelan says that other ...