Are we heading for a human-powered future?

LONDON, England (CNN) — Would you still watch your favorite television program if you had to cycle for an hour before you could view it?

Couch potatoes will be horrified, but fresh advances in human-powered technology — where users power appliances through their own motion — could one day see a ‘workout-to-watch’ scenario become reality.


Human power is rapidly gaining in popularity worldwide as businesses seek ‘greener’ methods of operating.

The profile of the technology is set to receive a further boost this month when a human-powered gym opens in Portland, Oregon, and again in September when the human-powered ’sustainable dance club’, Club Watt, opens its doors in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

CNN