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NASA Tech Gives Treadmill Users a ‘Boost’


Creators of the original antigravity treadmill continue to advance technology with new company.

The antigravity treadmill, which has benefits in space and on Earth, was pioneered by Robert Whalen at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, California, in the 1980s and ’90s. With support from Ames, he prototyped a treadmill in his garage that reversed the concept, with the bubble enclosing the user from the waist down to create lift. Now Boost, based in Palo Alto, California, has cut the price of an antigravity treadmill by almost two thirds.

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