System allows multitasking runners to read on a treadmill

Monday, April 15, 2013 - 15:00 in Physics & Chemistry

(Phys.org) —A new innovation allows treadmill users to work their bodies and brains at the same time. The system, called ReadingMate, adjusts text on a monitor to counteract the bobbing motion of a runner's head so that the text appears still, said Ji Soo Yi, an assistant professor of industrial engineering at Purdue University.

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