By Jonathan Kimak The University of Tsukuba in Japan is creating a treadmill that’ll help with the rehabilitation of people who have had strokes or other similar illnesses. The immersive dome has a visual range of 270 degrees that will grant the person on the treadmill to feel as if they are in a different […]

By Jonathan Kimak

The University of Tsukuba in Japan is creating a treadmill that’ll help with the rehabilitation of people who have had strokes or other similar illnesses. The immersive dome has a visual range of 270 degrees that’ll grant the person on the treadmill to feel as if they are in a different environment.

It’s too bad that this is only being developed for use in hospitals as I could see this becoming a hit in the gyms if there were a multitude of environments to choose from. I can think of running alongside marathon runners, or running against olympic athletes or even running through a futuristic society being chased by killer robots as good ideas for this technology.

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