News tagged with running shoes


To each his own: Consumers and self-designed products

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

From running shoes to ceiling fans, consumers are becoming the designers of their own products. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research looks at the ways consumers compare their creations to those designed by pro ...


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Aussie study challenges claims for hi-tech running shoes

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Australian researchers have admitted they had found no scientific proof that hi-tech running shoes improve athletic performance or limit injury.





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Expensive trainers are a waste of money

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 11, 2007 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Expensive trainers are not worth the money, finds a small study published ahead of print in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.


Probing Question: Is it better to run barefoot?

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 07, 2006 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (8) | comments 0

The United States has more than 30 million adult runners -- plenty of active feet to fuel a $18.1 billion-a-year athletic shoe industry, according to the NDP Group, a global provider of consumer-industry information. Among ...


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Pounding the pavement: Traditional training methods are still safer, more effective

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Race season is here again, and that means more first-timers on the marathon/triathlon circuit. Officials from some of the biggest marathons and triathlons in the country are reporting record ...


Manthropology: The Science of the Inadequate Modern Male

Modern men are wimps, according to new book

Biology / Evolution

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (40) | comments 40

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new book claims even modern athletes could not run as fast, jump as high, or have been nearly as strong as our predecessors.


Vigorous exercise may help prevent vision loss

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 10, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0

There's another reason to dust off those running shoes. Vigorous exercise may help prevent vision loss, according to a pair of studies from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The studies ...


Sensor-equipped footballs could help refs and players

Sensor-equipped footballs could help refs and players

Technology / Hi Tech

created Dec 19, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- When Dr. Priya Narasimhan moved to Pittsburgh seven years ago, she fell in love with the people, the city, and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Although the Carnegie Mellon computer engineering professor ...


Startup embeds Web photos with shopping links (AP)

Startup embeds Web photos with shopping links

Technology / Internet

created Apr 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Inspiration comes in many forms, and in the case of James Everingham, it appeared as a pair of knockoff Christian Dior shoes.


HP Introduces First Professional Workstation with Six-core AMD Opteron Processor

Electronics / Hardware

created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 5

HP today announced the integration of the highly anticipated Six-Core AMD Opteron 2400 Series processor into its family workstations.


Mobile motivators

Mobile motivators

Technology / Software

created Mar 01, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Whether you are learning a foreign language, training for the city marathon or want to lose five kilos – the digital motivator eCoach will help you to achieve your personal goals. The system runs on any cell ...


'Weight training' muscles reduce fat, improve metabolism in mice

Biology /

created Feb 05, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (13) | comments 0

Researchers from the Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have demonstrated that in mice, the use of barbells may be as important to losing weight and improving health as the use of running shoes. The discovery builds ...



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