Technabob » oooms http://technabob.com/blog Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Weird Science Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:00:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Rolling Treadmill Speeds You Down the Street http://technabob.com/blog/2007/07/06/rolling-treadmill-speeds-you-down-the-street/ http://technabob.com/blog/2007/07/06/rolling-treadmill-speeds-you-down-the-street/#comments Sat, 07 Jul 2007 03:46:38 +0000 Technabob http://technabob.com/blog/2007/07/06/rolling-treadmill-speeds-you-down-the-street/ The guys over at dutch design firm OOOMS are best known for their wooden memory sticks, but here’s another interesting contraption that they also are responsible for.

oooms rollator

Looking like a treadmill on wheels, the Speedy Rollator uses a special gear drive system to multiply your walking efforts and increase your pace.

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While you won’t look quite as cool as those hipsters tooling around on their Segways, you might end up getting there just as quickly.

[thanks for the tip, roadside scholar!]

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