http://www.gearfuse.com/digital-barbells-help-robots-humans-get-buff/ Gearfuse is a tech blog featuring news, views and opinions on the best of gadgets, gizmos, consumer electronics, hardware and more... Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:31:58 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.gearfuse.com/digital-barbells-help-robots-humans-get-buff/comment-page-1/#comment-99909 Cajun76 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:28:45 +0000 http://www.gearfuse.com/?p=6219#comment-99909 Looks like gyroscopic action to me. The weight won't increase, but the faster the balls spin, the more they will resist being moved. Looks like gyroscopic action to me. The weight won’t increase, but the faster the balls spin, the more they will resist being moved.

]]> http://www.gearfuse.com/digital-barbells-help-robots-humans-get-buff/comment-page-1/#comment-99770 Ryan Ash Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:06:53 +0000 http://www.gearfuse.com/?p=6219#comment-99770 Laws are meant to be broken. Laws are meant to be broken.

]]> http://www.gearfuse.com/digital-barbells-help-robots-humans-get-buff/comment-page-1/#comment-99748 Chet Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:21:32 +0000 http://www.gearfuse.com/?p=6219#comment-99748 Sure, it could be useful if put into production -- but only if the manufacturer is also somehow able to change the laws of physics. These can't work. It's pure hokum. Sure, it could be useful if put into production — but only if the manufacturer is also somehow able to change the laws of physics. These can’t work. It’s pure hokum.

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