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.