Not exact matches
Researchers placed a
small harness around rats and put them on a
treadmill surrounded by a «virtual world» on large video screens — a virtual environment they describe as even more immersive
than IMAX — in an otherwise dark, quiet room.
They chose this device because it is lower in cost
than other options like
treadmill desks, is quiet and requires only a
small floor area.
Lopfit is designed as a bicycle -
treadmill hybrid, with an incorporated
small electric motor, which is used for propelling the bike forward, allowing you to walk up to four times faster
than usually.
As far as a deprived lifestyle, and can think of no more deprived life
than one where you strap yourself to a
treadmill for hours at a time, then eat
small amounts of foods which put you on an insulin rollercoaster (thus making you hungrier) until you break down and go face first into the Ben & Jerry's, become consumed with guilt, and start all over.
I do have two
small quibbles: If you pause the
treadmill for more
than a few seconds, it switches the speed back to super-slow.
Similarly, finding a good fit for a
smaller dog can make the process less intimidating
than running on a
treadmill ten times its size.
The land
treadmill for dogs looks a lot like the one you've probably seen at the gym except it's a bit
smaller, has a non-slip surface, is solid under the moving tread rather
than bouncy and has side walls for safety.