In comp.lang.java.advocacy, Roedy Green
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on Wed, 28 May 2008 19:39:38 GMT
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> The obesity epidemic is being blamed on kids watching TV, playing
> computer video games (boys), and chatting on the net(girls).
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> I wonder how we might redesign computers to make them burn more
> calories.
>
> here are some ideas
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> 1. Nintento Wi video game gets people standing and waving their arms.
Already done; see "Wii Fit".
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> 2. design desks to be used standing.
Some do have such.
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> 3. put some resistance back in keyboards, comparable to manual
> typewriters.
Not sure that'll do all that much, but certainly possible.
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> 4. mouse that needs some muscle to use.
Apart from a very old joke about a mainframe mouse which one needs to
ride like a tractor, I don't see this happening.
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> 5. 3D input device that makes you wave your arms, dance, ****ft your
> weight, bend your body.
See "Wii Fit".
Maybe the Japanese have the right idea; morning calisthenics in the
parking lot used to be their thing. (I have no idea whether workers in
Japan still practice that custom.)
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