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February 2012: The Future of Fun
Science is reinventing play, from extreme sports to gamification to ridiculous roller coasters to the playgrounds of tomorrow, and this issue is chock full of fun. Also, on a less fun note: Did global warming destroy my hometown?
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Wow, that sub is actually pretty cool!
The merry-go-round rowing machine, install them in prisons with generators and inmates can produce and store needed electricity for the prison. no sitting around. it's not inhumane or torturous.
I guess you steer it by shifting the center of mass...
I like the personal sub!
The bike sail however, is pretty dumb. We did the same thing with a windbreaker and a skateboard when we were kids. It would be fine set exactly square to a tailwind, but go the other direction and you have a fantastic speed brake, lol. A strong crosswind would probably jerk a rider right off the bike.
The dynasphere would make great toy if one had a big field to roll around.
Those glasses would be perfect for me...