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The ‘Baja Body Athletic Club’ covered one of its workout rooms with a sand floor in an attempt of increase the intensity of members’ workouts. The interior of the room was only altered with a sand floor while everything else ...
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The small French city of Albertville is nestled in the mountains along the border between France and Italy and is powered in part by cheese. Though some may argue many of the French people are powered by cheese, Albertville’s power ...
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Munich-based startup Icaros GmbH has a new way to motivate people to exercise more. Its somewhat intimidating fitness system blends the physical world with the virtual world, making you the protagonist of your own video game while working key muscles ...
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FORGET buying a fitness tracker or smartwatch because those wearable devises are so passé. While most wearables on the market may be functional in helping assist with daily routines, they can sometimes be a bulky eyesore. This is where technology start-up ...
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All around us, appliances, lighting, computers and even coffee cups radiate heat that dissipates into the air, unused. But what if we could capture that energy and transform it into electricity? A pair of design students at the Institute of ...
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Irecently spent two weeks tracking my calorie intake, calorie burn, exercise and pretty much every aspect of my lifestyle for a fortnight. What was more surprising than my own personal experience was seeing how others reacted. From just a few ...
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There are many drivers increasing general awareness creating perhaps the most predominant trend of 2014: Wellness in the Workplace. I recently spoke with Joan Blumenfeld, of Perkins & Will, and one of the pioneers in this area, who worked with ...
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An emerging technology might offer hotels the means to retain the market share they’ve worked hard to achieve. As a virtual reality industry boom quickly approaches, smart hoteliers should consider creating VR experiences as a way to set themselves apart from AirBnB hosts. ...
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Li-Fi, a super-fast alternative to Wi-Fi, is finally moving from research labs to the real world after an Estonian startup implemented the technology within a commercial context. Velmenni, a recent finalist at the Slush 100 startup competition in Helsinki, revealed ...