The Boy With 5 Pairs of Legs

With five pairs of legs, I feel 10 feet tall! The boy, 7, who doesn't let a double amputation hold him back By Daily Mail Reporter   He has short ones for sitting and climbing and long fancy ones for when he wants to run really, really fast. Cody McCasland was born without a working [...]

Better way to walk

Why do you run when you want to move fast? Or, conversely, why do you walk instead of run if you’re only going slowly? These are just two of the questions that are being considered by a group of robotics researchers at Cornell. Rather than trying to make detailed models of real people, these guys [...]

is it better to walk long distance slowly or short distance fast?

Question: is it better to walk long distance slowly or short distance fast?   Biglee: To get the most calorie burn from every minute, the best walks are short, fast ones. A 150-pound woman will burn about 170 calories walking very briskly for a half-hour. For the same burn, she’d have to walk for more [...]

Dealing With Slow Walkers

by Colt Brechtel Slow walkers move in packs and are devastating obstacles for city folk with things to do and places to go. They come in many forms: old people, fat people, drunk people, tourists, small dog walkers, and couples so in love they are oblivious to their surroundings. They have given me problems my [...]

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