Treadputer Upgrade
We made some ergonomic upgrades to the Treadputer this week.
The main changes, compared to the last iteration, are:
- Mounted speakers
- Angled keyboard and mouse holder (the angle is very important)
- Much better stabilization for keyboard / mouse
We are still working on the headphone / microphone configuration. Getting this right has proven to be a lot harder than we expected due to ambient noise, weight (it sucks to have real headphones on for two hours while you are running / walking), and modality (speakers and microphones don’t mix that well.) It’s also time to put a better desktop background on those pretty monitors.
so what does building a treadputter cost?
I’m going to guess we’ve spent about $5,000 on this config.
And to save those of us who have not read about earlier iterations, just exactly what does one do with? on? a treadputer?
I wonder if there actually might be a market for these things with traders on Wall Street. I don’t think anyone would want to work on a treadputer full time but I’m sure a lot of traders would pay $5K for the 1-2 hours that not having to go the gym afterwork would save them.
You mentioned you need a better wallpaper… With multimon, the secret is to make a single image that is the size of all three monitors strung edge-to-edge, then choose the “tile” option from desktop properties. When done properly, you can set up a nice triptych.
Oh come on!
Too much time and money!
When I used to use one of these things I sweated all over the display. I guess most people do something similar. If not, they’re not working hard enough! :O)
Andrew – I run or walk on it during the day while I’m working, especially on those long three+ hour board calls that seem to be part of a VC’s life.
I love it (but you’re insane)!!!!
I acually sell these with the same vision fitness treadmills that you are using,hows it working for you?
Well, I built mine for about $500. The most expensive thing was the wall bracked to hold the screen. (about $300, as I recall). The rest was just stuff from Home Depot.
http://www.hdcn.net/treadmill/treadmill.htm
John
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