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Aquatio Fitness Drinking Fountain Will Reduce The Need To Bend Over When Drinking

TheFuture — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:53:13 +0000

Generally, when you drink water from a water fountain, you may have to bend over to reach the water flow which is most often not so convenient for all. Aquatio is a concept drinking fountain that is specially designed for gym and fitness center use. The fountain is shaped like a bowl and can be pivoted up to four inches which will considerably reduce the need to bend over when drinking water from the fountain. By pressing left side of the fountain, cold water will start to flow and pressing the right side will give you room temperature water. The base of the fountain comprises an inset that was designed for easier and faster replenishing of water bottles.

Designer : Byron Lee

Laptop Concept Designs for Women by Nikita Buyanov

TheFuture — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 03:47:32 +0000

Nikita Buyanov, an industrial designer, has uncovered few outstanding concept laptops combining Intel and HP. HP Eco has been designed for echo issued persons. This laptop includes bar-code reader, solar charge cells and a bracelet for controlling blood pressure, pulse, and many more. HP Nobag has touch sensor with hard OLED technology, ideal for those who don’t like to carry big bags for laptops. HP Fitness serves the weight control purpose most, also comprises a similar bracelet to keep record of work out sessions. HP Make-up has a button that changes the screen to a mirror and has an on-nail printing device. HP Mama will allow parents to monitor their children with two Bluetooth cameras. HP Chameleon is a concept laptop with an adaptive microcell coverage enabling the laptop to be transformed in its surround background. Finally, HP Perfume is conceptual laptop where you can change your laptop to a lamp or air freshener with ability to download smell samples and mix it with smell matrix of HP Perfume laptop.

Designer : Nikita Buyanov

Fit Portable Exercise Bike Can Maintain Your Record of Exercise Program and Performance History

TheFuture — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 02:49:30 +0000

Fit exercise bike is a personal gym concept, designed by Jorge Gomes, which will allow you to stay healthy smartly. This stylish domestic exercise bike ensures your fitness like a gymnastic and this is why it is called Fit. This product will let you get rid of neck, spine and muscular pains that is usually derive while exercising. This exclusive exercise bike is outfitted with tracking systems and physical control that works in with a USB pen-drive. Fit can maintain your record of exercise program and performance history and this data can be sent to your doctor to ensure if you are hale and hearty.

Designer : Jorge Gomes via HomeTone

Exercise at Home with Decathlon Fitness Cube

TheFuture — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:10:42 +0000

The new cubic fitness by Décathlon is an apparatus which is made for all. The device as the name suggests is designed in the shape of a cube and in all one can do about 30 exercises all of which is inside this compact shaped box. Since it is shaped as a cube, it does not account for much space and one can place it any where in the house. It’s an all round exercise machine which has been designed keeping in mind the exercises for all parts of the body. Priced at 149 euros, it’s surely not that expensive to have.

Designer : Decathlon via LeBlogDeco

eBoard : Gestural Balance Board for Fitness

TheFuture — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 06:00:19 +0000

This eBoard is definitely going to help you out in your fitness activities. It is a gestural balance board made on the basis of centered approach. This board is a haptic device for gestural control and focused on balance and coordination training for users. eBoard is a box shaped device with cover smart camera, LCD display and many other advanced technologies to keep you fit and healthy. It is definitely going to cost little more than usual boards but due to its amazing features and technologies used, it is worth buying for fitness freaks.

Designer : Mario Giordano

Fitbit Tracks Your Fitness and Sleep

TheFuture — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:11:40 +0000

Fitbit is a very small device that motivates you to exercise and eat healthier to lead a healthy life. It is wireless, rechargeable and you can hang it easily wherever you want. Fitbit can track information about your activities for example, calories burned and steps taken etc. The collected information is wirelessly uploaded to Fitbit website where the person who is wearing this device can see the data and track his/her progress report. Person can also share data with friends, family and colleagues for healthy competition. Fitbit makes it easy to achieve healthy life.

Designer : Fitbit

Unique Workout at Home with Kinesis Personal from Technogym

TheFuture — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:17:54 +0000

The motto today is to live well and stay healthy. Many of the gadgets that are being designed are also based on the same theme. Architect Antonio Citterio along with his assistant Toan Nguyen has designed what they call Kinesis Personal, which is fitness cum wellness system which assists the user to rediscover strength, flexibility, endurance and balance. The workout provided by the device gives the right balance to the mind and body thereby enriching the overall experience. In other words the device does make a lifestyle statement as the device is one hell of a looker!

Designer : Antonio Citterio and Toan Nguyen [ProductPage]

The Access, Advanced Exercise Machine for Users With or Without Disabilities

TheFuture — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:43:19 +0000

Everyone today is totally health and fitness conscious. All are more interested in keeping themselves in shape and are either joining gyms or better setting up their own personal gym. The ‘Access’ is a sleek and advanced exercise machine which accommodates the users with or without disabilities by using engineering and universal design. That’s not all, it also combines the features of multiple machines into one thus giving the user a full-body workout. It also comes with simplified, minimal controls that enable people with limited dexterity to set up and use it with ease. It also has adjustable grip attachments thus allowing people with variable body mass ratio as per their convenience.

Designer : Ryan Eder

W-styled Luxury Apartment in The Sky

TheFuture — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:36:10 +0000

Be it New York or Beijing, today luxury residences are on the upswing, the stylistic cues offered by W Hotels across the world has made it a regular as far as luxury accommodation is concerned soon, a new W-styled apartment is coming up at the south of the World Trade Center in New York City.

W Residents would be sharing the building with the hotel guests in the lower portion of Manhattan, but some of the luxury facilities like the rooftop terrace, fitness center and spa in the sky, will solely be for the permanently residents staying in the upper floors of the luxury tower.

The building’s façade is not merely about aesthetics, as the bands will also create shading from the daylight, deflect heat, guarantee every residence will have the highest degree of privacy, and simultaneously frame unparalleled views out across Manhattan.

The Loft Residences on the lower levels have a double-height living area that maximizes the light entering the space. The height of the great room continues on through a gallery where a white lacquered library wall ascends up into the second level.

The upper-tier City Residences feature integrated terraces off the main living areas, and all units are custom-fitted with B&B Italia kitchens and built-ins throughout. The master bathrooms feature a circular sliding wall that allows the bathroom to become part of the bedroom and share its spectacular city views.

And for those at the top, the five ultra-luxurious Sky Penthouses are unmatched in practically every aspect. Again, B&B Italia has masterfully crafted the space, including the kitchen. Sweeping views from every room, even the master bathroom, automatically heighten the occupants’ awareness of their place in the cityscape and the surrounding environment.

Designer : Ben van Berkell via TheCoolHunter

Hydro Physio Training for Fitness

TheFuture — Mon, 12 May 2008 10:52:15 +0000

With more emphasis being given on finding better training module for athletes and new research is being done in this field. On the same lines hydro training is finding more favor amongst the trainers. It has been proved that water based exercises increase muscular strength with little concussive force on the joints. Buoyancy reduces the weight of the user, load on joints and specific muscular points are decreased. Thus, it makes movement less impacting for patients with injuries. Within water low impact exercise can also prevent users gaining an injury. The water creates additional resistance, overcoming the surface tension of the water where it’s needed. Resistance can be altered via resistance jets, thus providing additional control of the muscle development, and these can also be used to lightly massage and soothe tender muscles. Taking this as a basis comes the Hydro Physio Lifestyle. This is a performance improvement tool and is confidently styled to fit within modern interiors.

For building general fitness, Hydro Physio is an excellent tool. It also offers rehabilitation exercise, with easy entry to the equipment, unlike the situation wherein one has to climb or be lowered into a pool. Different muscle groups can be worked upon owing to variable water heights. So the unit is adaptable to the height and mass of each user using this feature. Adjustability of treadmill speed, resistance and water depth are fully programmable through the product’s intuitive touch screen. A second optional screen can be added for the trainer or physiotherapists use. The workout information of the athletes and patients is downloadable at the end of the program enabling measurability of improvement.

It is easy to install compared to a full fledged pool with underwater equipment. Also the product can be a part of existing training equipment hence this is exactly what the doctor ordered.

Designer : Hydro Physio