The only way a tread mill would move by human only is at a fairly decent angle. Otherwise you would need a barrier of sorts to push against. So generating electricity from a tread mill is actually fairly non likely.
Go for an eliptical machine or a stair machine and you get the same function of changing up the weight bearing and the ability to generate electricity. Most eliptical machines are human powered. That is why they need a couple pedals before the machine fires up. ----- Original Message ----- > Walking is better for your legs, to be sure. Now connect an alternator > to the treadmill, then to an inverter and your display power > connector. If > your display starts to dim, walk faster! This approach has the added > advantage of blanking your display when you're not at your desk. > > Speaking for myself, I would not be comfortable with a standing desk. > > Curt > > On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 12:44 PM, John F. Eldredge > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Chris McQuistion <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I think that standing desk is pretty cool! > > > > > > I built a standing desk in my office last January. I LOVE IT! I > > > get less > > > aches and pains and I visited the chiropractor half as much in > > > 2011 as > > > I did in previous years. > > > > > > In my setup, I hooked up two monitors, keyboards, and mice to my > > > computer and I have a standing desk and a sitting desk. I can work > > > from either > > > one, depending on how I'm feeling and whether someone is in my > > > office (which > > > requires me to be at the sitting desk.) > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 6:56 PM, Jack Coats <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > They seem to be all the rage, but I can't quite figure out why. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/four-hidden-hard-drives-and-a-diy-ikea-standing-desk-164825 > > > > > > > > This is an IKEA hack version that wouldn't be to hard for > > > > someone to > > > > do if they want. > > > > > > > > Anybody have a quick link or two on the health implications? I > > > > remember using 'stand up' keypunches > > > > (yes, telling my age) for a quick punch card change or two. If > > > > you don't know what I am talking about > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollerith_card has a quick diatribe > > > that > > > > starts with Jacquard and comes > > > > forward. I killed lots of trees with theses over the years. > > > > > > > > ><> ... Jack > > > > > > > > If you are likely to be at the desk for a prolonged session, it > > would probably be better for your legs to be on a treadmill, set to > > a walking > > pace, than to simply stand in one place for several hours. Using a > > treadmill would mean that the various muscles and joints were taking > > turns being under load, instead of continuous load-bearing. This > > would also > > reduce the risk of developing a blood clot in your legs due to long > > immobility. > > > > -- John F. Eldredge -- [email protected] > > "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better > > than not > > to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the > > Google Groups > > "NLUG" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] For more options, visit this > > group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] For more options, visit this > group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -- Steven Critchfield [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
