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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <?xml-stylesheet href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/rss2full.xsl" type="text/xsl" media="screen"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css" type="text/css" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0"> <channel> <title>Gizmag: Health and Wellbeing</title> <link>http://gizmag.com/go/24/</link> <description>Gizmo is a multiple-medium magazine with a bi-monthly print edition, free downloadable back issues, a free weekly email newsletter and a web site covering invention, innovation and emerging technologies.</description> <language>en</language> <generator>gizmag.com</generator> <atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/GizmagHealthAndWellbeing" type="application/rss+xml" /><item> <title>The Operating Room Dashboard</title> <link>http://gizmag.com/go/5769/</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://gizmag.com/go/5769</guid> <description>June 20, 2006 One of the delicate balances of modern technology is delivering all the relevant information in such a way that it can be taken in at a glance – akin to the car dashboard – while still concentrating on the mission-critical task at hand. Last week we covered the <a href="http://www.gizmag.com.au/go/5728/" target="_blank">latest advances for the information-intensive battlefield</a> and now we’re reporting on what seems like the opposite end of the spectrum – the Operating Room. The <a href="http://www.mskcc.org/" target="_blank">Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center</a> (MSKCC) in New York has recently deployed LiveData's OR-Dashboard across its 21 new operating rooms. The new ORs incorporate state-of-the-art medical and information technology that visually integrates information from disparate sources, delivering a complete, real-time view of all relevant patient information on a large, flat panel display that is visible to the entire OR team...</description> </item> <item> <title>The Shumidor ionic shoe deodorizer</title> <link>http://gizmag.com/go/5758/</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://gizmag.com/go/5758</guid> <description>June 19, 2006 Each human foot has more than 250,000 sweat glands and in the course of a day can produce as much as a pint of sweat, so it’s not surprising that <a href="http://science.howstuffworks.com/question514.htm" target="_blank">shoes often smell</a>. Indeed, it’s not so much the sweat that makes shoes smell but the bacteria that thrive in the moist, warm environment sweat creates. Cleaning shoes has traditionally been done on the outside but that of course doesn’t get rid of the smell or the problem. <a href="http://michaelkritzer.com/pages/about.htm" target="_blank">Michael Kritzer</a> is a “designer with well-founded problem identification, process, ideation, and computer skills” whose web site is designed to showcase said skills to potential design company employers. His solution to the eternal smelly shoe problem is <a href="http://michaelkritzer.com/pages/product/shumidor.htm" target="_blank">the Shumidor</a>, an ingenious ionic shoe deodorizer which caught our eye when we saw it on <a href=" http://www.bornrich.org/entry/shumidor-the-eco-friendly-shoe-rack/" target="_blank">BornRich</a>, though we must admit that some of Michael’s other products, notably a fully adjustable, hydroponic indoor herb garden named <a href="http://michaelkritzer.com/pages/product/herbi.htm" target="_blank">Herbi</a> and a layered table place setting for home or commercial use named <a href="http://michaelkritzer.com/pages/product/stackme.htm" target="_blank">StackMe</a>, were equally worthy of mention. ..</description> </item> <item> <title>Suicide Bomber Detection Unit</title> <link>http://gizmag.com/go/5729/</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://gizmag.com/go/5729</guid> <description> June 14, 2006 <a href=" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_bomb" target="_blank">Suicide attacks</a> have been a common tactic since armed conflict began, as has been the practice of targeting civilians rather than military personnel. But technology has now created a far more effective set of tools which enable one person, as a suicide bomber, to wreak enormous physical, psychological and financial carnage on the population. Attacks on civilians by terrorists <a href="http://www.ocm.auburn.edu/clippings/2006/041906.html" target="_blank">increased 35% in 2005</a>, with bombings increasingly conducted in highly populated areas at a time likely to cause the most injury and hence to heighten feelings of vulnerability in the population. Emanating almost exclusively from societies where bombers are seen as cultural heroes, there is every likelihood that suicide bombing will be increasingly seen as the most effective tactic possible by the aggrieved and/or repressed. So the new Sago ST 150 could well be seen as the right product at the right time as it is specifically designed to detect suicide bombs carried on people. The patented imager is radiation-free, portable, and produces high-quality imagery revealing the exact location of the weapon and its size. The ST150 "sees" through clothing providing real-time information critical in preventing terrorist attacks...</description> </item> <item> <title>Barcode and RFID Medication Administration System </title> <link>http://gizmag.com/go/5707/</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://gizmag.com/go/5707</guid> <description> June 6, 2006 We just love clever systems that reduce error and make the world a more efficient and safer place, and the devilishly clever VeriScan medication administration system fits the bill perfectly, using a synthesis of bar code and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag readers to track medication directly at the patient's bedside. VeriScan runs on a Pocket PC equipped with a dual RFID and bar code reader. The nurse scans the bar code on the medication package and RFID tags on both the patient's wristband and the nurse's identification badge. Updates or changes to a patient's medication order are available in real-time, providing the nurse instant access to those changes, and the system also automatically charts each medication administration into the patient's Electronic Medical Record (EMR), saving data entry time and reducing the opportunity for human error. RFID technology is used on the patient's wristband and the caregiver's ID badge as it does not require direct contact or line-of-sight necessary for a bar code reader. It was announced yesterday that the US-developed system would be distributed to healthcare organizations in 15 Asian nations...</description> </item> <item> <title>NTU builds a better wheelchair</title> <link>http://gizmag.com/go/5705/</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://gizmag.com/go/5705</guid> <description>June 5, 2006 Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has developed an innovative ‘gap clearing’ mechanism that could bring about long term convenience and benefits to physically disabled people in wheelchairs. This invention, called the Wheelchair Gap Enabler, allows wheelchair users to board a bus faster and easier and also clear low steps, such as roadside curbs, with ease and efficiency. ..</description> </item> <item> <title>MediStick - carrying your medical history in your pocket</title> <link>http://gizmag.com/go/5697/</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://gizmag.com/go/5697</guid> <description>June 3, 2006 Yet another use for the ubiquitous USB flash drive is the Swiss <a href="http://www.medistick.ch" target="_blank">MediStick</a> which is claimed to be the world's first personal multilingual medical record device. The basic idea behind the MediStick is to carry your current medical history around with you so doctors can treat you quickly if you're in an accident or have a medical emergency. The software solution in memory stick format contains your blood group, allergies, current medication and any current health conditions) and administrative data such as your name, date of birth, next of kin contact information and family doctor contact numbers as well as health care insurance details. The software also contains a password protected area for storing your more sensitive data. It makes sense that we should seek to develop a standard for this type of device, though we suspect that the MediStick would not help much in most countries as the doctors could not legally trust the device. The ability to carry the records of up to five people on the Medistick would at first glance appear to muddle the issues rather than make a more appealing product. ..</description> </item> <item> <title>Nike+iPod </title> <link>http://gizmag.com/go/5665/</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://gizmag.com/go/5665</guid> <description>May 24, 2006 Nike and Apple have announced a partnership designed to bring the worlds of sport and music together with the launch of innovative Nike+iPod products. The first product developed through this partnership is the Nike+iPod Sport Kit, a wireless system that allows Nike+ footwear to record time, distance, calories burned and pace with info displayed on the iPod nano screen and real-time audio feedback through headphones. The new Nike+ Air Zoom Moire is the first footwear designed to talk to the iPod and Nike plans to make its other footwear styles Nike+ ready too. It’s simple and in our opinion gives you scant info you can’t get better another way – it’s just an in-shoe sensor and a receiver that attaches to the iPod. While we think the first product is a bit lame, it’ll be interesting to see what happens when Apple, the most consistently innovative company of the last 25 years, and Nike combine technologies with the reach of both companies. With two such innovative parents, we suspect some interesting children will be spawned. Our educated guesses at what they would logically be evaluating as potential products might include new capabilities such as a heart rate monitor to make the 24 hour a day calorie counter more accurate and to enable other useful data to be monitored, GPS functionality for additional info on position and speed and so we can be notified when we’re passing points of interest and hear a podcast about them should we choose, a blood oxygenation and lactose monitor for people who run really long distances, … oh, and maybe a cool Nike cap with a little heads up display incorporated so we can watch video podcasts without headbutting a lamppost. ..</description> </item> <item> <title>SOBERCHECK: an affordable personal breathalyser</title> <link>http://gizmag.com/go/5663/</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://gizmag.com/go/5663</guid> <description>May 23, 2006 Everyone has a different relationship with alcohol and that was never more obvious than during a year of trials with the Draeger SoberCheck - a compact, affordable handheld digital alcohol detector. By the time one reaches adulthood, almost everybody has had a number of experiences with alcohol and its ability to distort reality to a greater or lesser extent. The results of the trial changed everyone involved. The SoberCheck provided dozens of our associates with a reality check on just what their blood alcohol levels were in comparison to what they thought they were - almost invariably, everyone erred several points lower than they really were and we found that this errant judgement would often have been the difference between driving legally and illegally. Remarkably, the SoberCheck emerged as remarkable educational tool, not just in what you need to do to keep your obligation to society and ensure you are driving under the alcohol limit, but about alcohol and its effects in general. Education is about life preparedness – it is formally teaching us the things we need to know to contribute effectively and manage our lives effectively. The SoberCheck could be the enabling tool in the educational process. ..</description> </item> <item> <title>A hangover cure that works</title> <link>http://gizmag.com/go/5659/</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://gizmag.com/go/5659</guid> <description>May 22, 2006 The production, trade and consumption of alcohol <a href="http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/Controversies/1114796842.html" target="_blank">dates beyond 10,000BC</a>. The Sumerians, Egyptians and Babylonians produced and traded alcohol and the Romans and Ancient Greeks had wine Gods. Across the centuries, almost every culture has used alcohol medicinally, ritualistically and socially and in so doing, woven it inextricably into global society. We now consume more alcohol per person than ever before and at least 2.0 billion people drink it regularly. Which means the number of hangovers faced each day is also on the increase and why an effective hangover cure is the holy grail of “killer apps” – it is a “must have” product that no old wives tale has yet tackled successfully. As the word intoxication suggests, alcohol is actually a poison. That’s why we sometimes vomit when we drink it (to expel the poison), and why, if you drink enough of it, you will die. This new breed of hangover cure addresses the toxicity. The cure we tested and found to be remarkably effective is called <a href="http://www.gizmag.com.au/go/5659/" target="_blank">Kampai</a>, which is the Japanese equivalent to <a href="http://www.awa.dk/glosary/slainte.htm" target="_blank">slainte, salute, prost, googy wawa (Zulu)</a> and <a href="http://www.gizmag.com/go/4924/ " target="_blank">Cheerz</a>, which is also the name for another clinically proven hangover cure we reported on but didn’t try. We tried Kampai and it works. We tried it every which way and it significantly reduces the after effects of a night on the town more than anything we’ve previously tried, though we invite any hangover cure peddlers to send us a box and we’ll report on them too. We think Cheerz and Kampai, or any other cures as good as they clearly are, should be stocked wherever customers are asked to “name their poison”, because now there’s an antidote, too...</description> </item> <item> <title>WHO announces new standards for registration of ALL human medical research</title> <link>http://gizmag.com/go/5652/</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://gizmag.com/go/5652</guid> <description>May 19, 2006 The <a href="http://www.who.int" target="_blank">World Health Organization (WHO)</a> is urging research institutions and companies to register all medical studies that test treatments on human beings, including the earliest studies, whether they involve patients or healthy volunteers. As part of the International Clinical Trials Registry Platform, a major initiative aimed at standardizing the way information on medical studies is made available to the public through a process called registration, WHO is also recommending that 20 key details be disclosed at the time studies are begun. The initiative seeks to respond to growing public demands for transparency regarding all studies applying interventions to human participants, known as clinical trials. Before making the recommendations announced today, the Registry Platform initiative consulted with all concerned stakeholders, including representatives from the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and device industries, patient and consumer groups, governments, medical journal editors, ethics committees, and academia over a period of nearly two years...</description> </item> <item> <title>Automatic Chemical Agent Detector Alarm (ACADA) </title> <link>http://gizmag.com/go/5650/</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://gizmag.com/go/5650</guid> <description>May 19, 2006 One can only imagine the horrors of finding out the hard way that one was in the vicinity, or indeed, the target of a chemical agent attack. Whilst it’s something most of us will never have to worry about, there are those in occupations where it’s a distinct possibility they might face such a scenario. Those people will be glad to have a GID-3 chemical agent detector in their vicinity. The ACADA is an advanced point-sampling, chemical warfare agent detection system that continuously monitors for the presence of nerve agents and blister chemicals using IMS (Ion Mobility Spectrometry) technology. It provides early warning of chemical attacks and can be remotely deployed, vehicle mounted or carried by soldiers...</description> </item> <item> <title>Cerealtop – solving the everyday problems</title> <link>http://gizmag.com/go/5646/</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://gizmag.com/go/5646</guid> <description>May 18, 2006 While there are any number of noble research pursuits, we have not yet solved some seriously basic problems with products we handle every day – like an effective seal on a cereal packet. It remains in most cases as an often large cardboard box (such as 750 g Maxi Packs) with a plastic inner pack, filled to the brim with crunchy stuff that doesn’t stay crunchy for long once it’s opened. Package design in cereals has not really evolved much. The lack of progress in the area has been such that you might consider the cereal producers have an interest in ensuring their product is consumed at its best or discarded. It is also without doubt that an effectively sealed cereal packet will keep its contents fresh much longer, so the Belgian-developed Cerealtop fills a much needed void in the market. Cerealtop is an adjustable cereal box lid (so it fits any box) with a dispenser flap. ..</description> </item> <item> <title>The pillow that helps you get pregnant</title> <link>http://gizmag.com/go/5643/</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://gizmag.com/go/5643</guid> <description>May 20, 2006 UPDATED Getting pregnant is one of those things that’s incredibly easy unless you actually want to – then Murphy’s Law ( the probability of an event occurring is inversely proportional to the desirability of that event) takes over and you need to stack all the odds in your favour. If that’s your aim (getting pregnant), then the Conception Curve might be handy. It’s a post-coital positioning pillow contoured to support a woman's hips, thighs and buttocks comfortably as gravity helps nature take its course...</description> </item> <item> <title>Learning lab to train surgical teams of the future</title> <link>http://gizmag.com/go/5617/</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://gizmag.com/go/5617</guid> <description>May 11, 2006 Surgical teams from the United States and around the world will learn advanced robotic and minimally invasive surgical techniques at a newly opened Surgical Learning Center at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan. Traditionally, surgeons train by operating on patients under the supervision of highly experienced doctors. At the center, new surgeons can test their skills before ever stepping into an operating room, enhancing patient safety. Experienced surgeons can increase their capabilities. In addition, the new center will allow surgeons, nurses, anesthetists, technologists and other operating room personnel to train as a team. ..</description> </item> <item> <title>The World’s Largest Crossword Puzzle </title> <link>http://gizmag.com/go/5594/</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://gizmag.com/go/5594</guid> <description>May 6, 2006 Use it or lose it is the message for brainpower, so next time you see someone doing a crossword, just bear in mind that mental agility exercises of all forms are good for the brain and they’re exercising an important part of the brain. Now, the retailers of this crossword puzzle are claiming this to be <a href="http://www.latestbuy.com.au/big_crossword_puzzle.html" target="_blank">the world’s largest crossword puzzle</a>. We can’t verify that but we’ll suspend disbelief that the world’s largest can be just 2.1 metres by 2.1 metres (49 square feet) – yes, it’s still big, but, … shouldn’t the world’s biggest be bigger? It has 91,000 squares and 28,000 clues and even the clue book runs 104 pages. At AUD$59.95 (US$46), it’s probably the ideal present for a crossword nutter, or someone intent on staving off Alzheimers...</description> </item> <item> <title>Personal chemical warfare agent (CWA) detector</title> <link>http://gizmag.com/go/5558/</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://gizmag.com/go/5558</guid> <description>April 26, 2006 It might be handy to have one of these in the cupboard for a rainy day – or a really smoggy day if the smog, heaven forbid, should ever contain chemical warfare agent. The ChemRAE is a portable chemical warfare agent (CWA) detector available as stand-alone or as a wireless component of the AreaRAE rapid deployment hazardous environment detection platform produced by RAE Systems ..</description> </item> <item> <title>The four-wheel drive hybrid wheelchair</title> <link>http://gizmag.com/go/5538/</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://gizmag.com/go/5538</guid> <description>April 20, 2006 Technology is beginning to yield many new and wonderous devices to make life better, safer and more fun, but few can compare to the life-enhancement offered by a new wheelchair which offers mobility-impaired and aged people an unprecedented level of freedom. It is comfortable, all-terrain and safe - a four-wheel drive wheelchair with hybrid motor and electronic assistance system has the immense potential to enable the physically disabled live more independent lives, to enable Octagenarians to bushwalk, and paraplegics . The innovative system even checks pulse rate and blood values and calls for help in emergencies...</description> </item> <item> <title>Imitating Nature’s Scaffolding -scientists create artificial fibres that act as templates to grow new tissue</title> <link>http://gizmag.com/go/5532/</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://gizmag.com/go/5532</guid> <description>April 19, 2006 A team of researchers at Singapore’s Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) have successfully created artificial fibres with nanometer-sized features that can be used to grow cells and tissue structures. These ‘fibrous scaffolds’ have been imbued with features of the natural extracellular matrix, the ground substance in which cells are embedded and a vital component in the engineering of human tissues. ..</description> </item> <item> <title>Eyeglasses with adaptive focus</title> <link>http://gizmag.com/go/5516/</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://gizmag.com/go/5516</guid> <description> April 15, 2006 The end is nigh for bifocals, and not a moment too soon. Optical scientists at the University of Arizona have developed new switchable, flat, liquid crystal diffractive eyeglass lenses that can adaptively change their focusing power. The new technology will open the way for a new generation of "smart" eyeglasses with built-in automatic focus. In the foreseeable future, with this technology, you won't change prescription eyeglasses but will have your eyes tested and the optician will dial in a new prescription into the specs you already own. Indeed, we can even see the possibility of geeks doing their own eye tests and creating superglasses designed to focus perfectly depending on what you’re looking at...</description> </item> <item> <title>Glasses with built-in hearing aid </title> <link>http://gizmag.com/go/5494/</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://gizmag.com/go/5494</guid> <description> April 11, 2006 A new and elegant hearing aid invisibly built into the arms of a pair of glasses will go on sale later this month in Holland. The Varibel hearing-glasses will offer hearing-impaired folk respite from the aesthetically unpleasing and technologically limited traditional hearing aid. In each leg of Varibel glasses frame there is a row of four tiny, interconnected microphones, which selectively intensify the sounds that come from the front, while dampening the surrounding noise. Tests have shown that the Varibel user can separate desired sounds from undesired background noise very effectively with the glasses’ technology, with the added bonus that natural sounds can still be heard...</description> </item> <item> <title>PowerBreathe- dumbells for your lungs</title> <link>http://gizmag.com/go/5443/</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://gizmag.com/go/5443</guid> <description>April 2, 2006 As science has focussed on human fitness and wellbeing over the last few decades, our understanding of the benefits of exercise has grown immensely. “Use it or lose it” applies to every aspect of human performance, and it’s now been proven that regular mental exercise improves your ability to think. So perhaps we should consider specialised training for the lungs? The lungs are without doubt one of the keys to all human performance as they supply the body with oxygen. Every 24 hours the average human takes over 20,000 breaths, with physically active people pushing towards 30,000 breaths. Most people assume breathing is controlled automatically, like our heartbeat, but the truth is that we can learn to breathe better. That’s the thinking behind the POWERbreathe training system – by exercising and strengthening the muscles we use to breathe (the inspiratory muscles) we can help alleviate breathlessness, improve all-round fitness and even maximise the effectiveness of other muscles used in exercise...</description> </item> <item> <title>StressEraser wins the Frost & Sullivan 2006 Technology Innovation Award</title> <link>http://gizmag.com/go/5413/</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://gizmag.com/go/5413</guid> <description>March 28, 2006 Frost & Sullivan’s 2006 Technology Innovation Award has been won by Helicor for developing the breakthrough <a href=" http://stresseraser.com" target="_blank">StressEraser</a> device technology we <a href="http://www.gizmag.com.au/go/4472/" target="_blank">wrote up last August</a>. Intended for use by licensed psychological and psychiatric health care professionals, this handheld relaxation-training device is able to provide effective relief from chronic stress at the physiological, mental, and emotional level. Each year Frost & Sullivan presents this award to a company (or individual) that has carried out new research; which has resulted in innovation(s) that have or are expected to bring significant contributions to the industry in terms of adoption, change, and competitive posture. This award recognizes the quality and depth of a company’s research and development program as well as the vision and risk-taking that enabled it to undertake such an endeavor. ..</description> </item> <item> <title>The world’s most advanced toothbrush</title> <link>http://gizmag.com/go/5409/</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://gizmag.com/go/5409</guid> <description>March 27, 2006 More than two thirds of the world population uses a toothbrush, with half those users replacing their toothbrush at least once annually. No wonder then that the global toothbrush market is worth US$5 billion annually and there’s a constant search for an edge which might garner a few percentage points. Market leader Oral-B has been pushing the boundaries recently with its <a href="http://www.gizmag.com.au/go/4514/" target="_blank">disposable battery-operated “manual” Pulsar</a> and now it has gone several steps better with electric toothbrushes by adding a microprocessor and a bunch of extra functionality. As such, being the first toothbrush with a microprocessor, the Oral-B Triumph is arguably the world’s most advanced toothbrush...</description> </item> <item> <title>GEL-BOT system provides energy AND hydration during endurance sports </title> <link>http://gizmag.com/go/5388/</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://gizmag.com/go/5388</guid> <description>March 23, 2006 The GEL-BOT water bottle system for endurance athletes is clever. It’s a sports bottle that provides access to both water and energy gel in one container and is hence perfect for cycling, running, triathlon or any sport where peak performance requires extensive refuelling and hydration. Athletes worldwide agree on the effectiveness of energy gels, but the combination of cumbersome packaging and the immediate need for water makes them difficult to use during activity. With GEL-BOT, athletes can drink water and imbibe energy gel from one bottle. The gel is housed inside the ENERGY-CORE, a piston-like device attached to the water bottle cap that is filled with gel before activity. It’s just the thing to enhance the high-tech persona at the gym too! Amazingly, the same company produces an interesting waterbottle and coffee press combination, presumably for geeks and sports where you aren’t penalised for a high caffeine blood level...</description> </item> <item> <title>Horseback Riding Machine for US market</title> <link>http://gizmag.com/go/5381/</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://gizmag.com/go/5381</guid> <description>March 22, 2006 Twelve months ago, we wrote up the Joba Horseriding machine and created a massive rod for our own back. You see, the incredibly clever machine (<a href="http://www.gizmag.com.au/go/3088/" target="_blank">extensive article and images here</a>), like so many products developed, refined and tested on the Japanese domestic market, was not available beyond Japan’s shores – and we got hundreds of emails asking where it could be purchased outside Japan. The good news is that the renamed and further developed Joba had its US commercial debut at the International Health, Racquet and Sports Club Association annual convention yesterday as the Panasonic Core Trainer. The Core Trainer maximizes the strength of the core body's abdominal, oblique and low back muscles while minimizing joint stress, impact and aerobic demand. The killer app though, is that it is best suited for those who normally hate strenuous physical exercise – the user just “rides” the Core Trainer and gets fit without actually having to do anything. The machine brings many core health benefits, with tests in Japan showing that users begin burning far more calories after just three months using the machine. Compared to walking or swimming, the riding machine causes less physical stress to knees and other parts of the lower body. Logically, the Core Trainer will quickly become an essential component of any fitness club or home gym...</description> </item> </channel> </rss>