Tools that keep us active while we work could give companies much needed productivity gains and reduce the costs of keeping employees healthy.
Take a walk with me. We don’t need to go outside. I’m writing this on a treadmill desk. “A what?” I hear you say. “A treadmill desk”. I get that a lot. It reminds me of the early days of televisions or mobile phones. The fact that you have one becomes a topic of conversation and amazement to those around you. Like the BlackBerry or iPhone there’s a good chance, as costs decrease and companies buy in bulk, treadmill machines too will lose their novelty factor and become standard issue. Many workers in Silicon Valley already have one.
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