These Human-Powered Treadmills Might Just Be the Energy Solution of the Future

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It generates electricity as you work out.

The basic premise of this manual, human-powered treadmill is that it generates electricity as you work out. All you have to do is plug it the treadmill into an outlet and start running, according to Ruben Mejia, SportsArt’s chief technology officer.

To put it in perspective even more, if you use your treadmill an hour a day for 15 days out of the month, you can: 28,800 watts generated per year, 29 kilowatt hours per year, 0.02 metric tons of CO2 per year, or two gallons of gas. What’s more, it’s easier to do sprint intervals on a manual treadmill versus a motorized one, she said.

 

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mileswithshell this would definitely make running contribute to the environment. If only treadmill running wasn't so boring! ukrunchat

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