City Up and Down

Info

Why: competition entry – distinction

When: 2005

Who for: Architektura Murator Student Competition

Living actively, every day we are traveling around the city, defeating countless numbers of steps. Curbs, approaches, steps are key elements of popular sites, such as: offices, flats, hills. We will travel in these areas often compulsory, without inner motivation. Another day spent on running and dealing with ‘forms’ can make you sick – then we dream only of returning home. However, there is a solution. What if we turn daily effort into a game with yourself, in a game that provides motivation and joy? Give the purpose of entering and stairs should  be treat as a free gym with a personal instructor. Using special inserts for shoes, transmit the information wirelessly to an application in your mobile phone, we’ll find out how many calories burned on the steps ,or how much of the day or when we reach desire weight. Inserts weight the body and examine the change and the frequency of pressure, depending on the angle you are moving. Acquired information enables individual control of the mode of life and its activity. Gadget may be useful for people who are concerned about their own health.

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