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!
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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.
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Imagine this…for every move you make, you can create a unique sound, cool huh? I bet DJ will love this PACER suit concept. The Pacer suit receives electro impulses that appear when muscles are activated (movement), amplifies them and turns them into sound with the help of the sensors attached to muscles. Each impulse is goes through the sensors via amplifiers (boxes on the back) to control panel where we can control volume, type of sound, select rhythm to follow…With this suit it is possible to produce harmonious rhythm and melody by dancing. These sounds can be heard through headphones connected to the control panel (box on the front) or through the speakers connected to the control panel by infrared rays.
This system is not entirely made for fun as it has enormous stimulating power and it can be quite efficiently used in therapeutic treatments where ever is necessary to stimulate muscle workout and movement of the body as a whole.
Designer : Nikola Knezevic and Danilo Zizic
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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.
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