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| June 6, 2009
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Cut Calories While Computing

-Updated 05-13-2010– The print edition of BusinessWeek included the Walkstation in an article in which professor Galen Cranz at UC-Berkley says, “Short of sitting on a spike, you can’t do much worse than a standard office chair.”

Cut Calories While ComputingThe Walkstation, by Michigan-based Steelcase, is a combination of a fully integrated electric height-adjustable work surface with an exclusively engineered, low-speed commercial-grade treadmill that allows users to burn calories, feel healthier, and be more energized all while accomplishing the work they normally do while seated.

Steelcase Sit to Walk Workstation

The Walkstation (video) with a maximum speed of 2 mph, lets you walk comfortably while keeping up with work. The Walkstation is based on the NEAT (non-exercise activity thermogenesis) research of Dr. James Levine of the Mayo Clinic.

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| June 29, 2008
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1 Billion PCs

1 Billion PCsCNet News ran a blurb from Gartner. The infobit suggests that the number of personal computers in use around the world has exceeded 1 billion. This report counted installed PCs and not machines sold.

PC growth

The firm also predicts that this number will double by 2014. They say most of this growth will occur in developing markets. Gartner analysts suggest that the emerging markets will account for 70 percent of the next billion PCs to come online. They named dropping prices and improved Internet access as factors driving that trend.

eWaste concerns

According to Gartner, in 2008, some 180 million computers, or 16 percent of those now in use globally, will be retired. “We estimate a fifth of these, or some 35 million PCs, will be dumped into landfill with little or no regard for their toxic content,” Meike Escherich, principal research analyst at Gartner, said in a statement. The challenge of disposing safely of electronics waste will also expand in developing markets in the coming years, she added.

 

Ralph Bach has been in IT long enough to know better and has blogged from his Bach Seat about IT, careers, and anything else that catches his attention since 2005. You can follow him on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. Email the Bach Seat here.

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