Monthly Archives: June 2013

Google meets Hollywood in new Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson comedy The …

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Google meets Hollywood in new Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson comedy The …
Google co-founder Sergey Brin ended up in the film by chance, after Levy noticed what he thought was a colourful character in "yoga clothes and fuzzy green slippers" pedal by on an elliptical bicycle. When he asked who it was, someone whispered …
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Voyager: The mathematics of interstellar space travel
… are the basic theory behind the two body problem. First and foremost of these laws is that planets orbit the sun in an elliptical shape, not a circle, as was previously thought. The other two laws of planetary motion describe numerically how the …
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Virtuix Omni Treadmill Surpasses Kickstarter Goal

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Virtuix Omni Treadmill Surpasses Kickstarter Goal
The gaming treadmill designed alongside the Oculus Rift headset is currently raising $ 1000 a minute on Kickstarter. If you're interested in virtual reality tech like the Oculus Rift, odds are you're keeping a close eye on Virtuix's Omni-Directional …
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My buddy, the treadmill
Please relax. There is no need to form those cute little frown lines on your forehead. They might freeze in place and make you look old before your time. If you ignore the frown warning, we could use the deep furrows in your brow to plant some flower …
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Boutique Fitness: More Than a Boring Old Treadmill
If variety's the spice of life, then a big-box gym rat's existence must be oh-so-bland. In fact, training yourself to a treadmill day in and day out is downright dull – especially when so many other options are available. Personalizing and diversifying …
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Virtuix Omni gaming treadmill will let you walk through your favorite game worlds
… to fund manufacturing of its upcoming Omni treadmill (shown above in an artist's rendition). Unlike a traditional treadmill, which forces you to walk a specific path, Virtuix's product is the latest in a series of upcoming “omnidirectional …
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Mizzou Professors Like To Walk On Treadmills All Day Long At Their Desks …

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Mizzou Professors Like To Walk On Treadmills All Day Long At Their Desks …
You know how sitting at your desk all day long hunched in front of a computer not moving, ever, can be sort of terrible for your health and can make you feel awful about your career and your physical existence as a human? Fear not! The University of …
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CAL STATE: Alligators walking treadmills for science
Professor Tomasz Owerkowicz with an alligator in a lab at Cal State University San Bernardino on Monday, May 20, 2013. Owerkowicz says the muscle motion of the reptiles reveals important information and studies are made from alligators walking on a …
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