Now they just need to hook up to a generator.
A Christian Science Monitor article yesterday told of a Minnesota office that puts employees on treadmills while they work.
Currently, it looks like this is a net power loss. But I have to wonder: If they used exercise bikes instead of walking machines, could the office power its computers with legs alone?
While my coworkers will be the first to agree that I can be a bit jittery, I don’t think I could manage typing while exercising. It would somehow be very unsatisfying, since I wouldn’t be able to swing my arms (not to mention being in a boxy office instead of a nice arboretum or neighborhood street).
Partway through the article, however, the author mentions something that I was happy to see: The Minnesota company has implemented the idea of “walking meetings.”
As anyone who has been in a running or walking group can tell you, exercise is often a good lubricant for conversation. Even whittling can serve the same purpose, as Ben Logan attests in The Land Remembers.
A boardroom full of treadmills?
I would be willing to get out of my chair for that.
