Keeping Balance with Vibrating Shoes 160
DrLudicrous writes "The NYTimes (free registration) is running an article that summerizes a forthcoming Physical Review Letters article. The article is about how low amplitude vibrations can help a person better sense when they are off balance. The authors write that they improved the balance of senior citizens by using small vibrations in the floor, making their sense of balance like that of a 25 year old. Apparently, this background noise helps to stimulate the neurons in the feet, making them more susceptible to detecting imbalances."
Conditioned response? (Score:4, Funny)
Bass (Score:5, Funny)
New Tech? (Score:4, Funny)
I must use this new technology to disrupt Spiderman's Spidey Sense! Bring out the Megalatrogolagolotron!!!
(mutters to self) It must be his weakness.
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Help me... (Score:5, Funny)
25 year old? (Score:3, Funny)
perhaps they should qualify that with a sober 25 year old...
Re:Bass (Score:5, Funny)
=Smidge=
Behind the scenes (Score:5, Funny)
Researcher 2: *silence*
Researcher 1: This has nothing to do with my blind-the-senior project for better visual acuity project!
One for the road... (Score:4, Funny)
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Think twice (Score:2, Funny)
count me out! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:25 year old? (Score:3, Funny)
It's Optional? (Score:4, Funny)
I didn't realize that growing old was optional! Cool!
So, where do I go to tell them "No"?
Slashdot is feeding trolls (Score:5, Funny)
Vibrating Suit (Score:2, Funny)
It would be a crying shame if the vision were limited to "vibrating shoes."
Kit out a wetsuit with those buzzing bad boys, and watch the elderly jump, dance, and screw like 25 year olds.
Neurons in the feet? (Score:2, Funny)
Damm if only i could get the neurons in my feet to learn how do dance! That'd be awesome!
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California to replace Florida as a place to retire (Score:4, Funny)
California, the state where Quake is more than just a game
iBrator 2 ? (Score:3, Funny)
Oh, I see.
This is just the next version of the iBrator [sleeplessknights.com].
wow, what a mental image... (Score:4, Funny)
Now I've got a picture in my head of dozens of seniors, linked arm in arm, moving helplessly
up and down the aisles at Walmart...
I'm sorry, I cant help it...it's just the way I am.
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Re:Conditioned response? (Score:4, Funny)
Not Just for Old People (Score:2, Funny)
I know I for one love to play sports and whatnot, but there is this problem of me sucking atrociously. I can run really fast, but coordination is so poor that bad things happen to me at these breakneck speeds. In fact, I can hardly even watch sports with my poor balance (4 or 5 times fallen on the bleachers this season). Shoes like this could add a lot of enjoyment to my fraternities pick up football games. Hey, we could even try intermurals next year! And us engineers would be the only frat nerdy enough to know about it!
It had to be said (Score:3, Funny)
(Sorry.)
Re:Behind the scenes (Score:4, Funny)
To see if we can the elderly sure footing?
Huh?
my blind-the-senior project for better visual acuity project!
Funded by the Department of Redundancy Department, no doubt?
Vibrations in the floor (Score:3, Funny)
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Blame the shoes (Score:2, Funny)