The company responsible for the trampling used by NASA astronauts plans to expand its operations in the national market. With headquarters in Palo Alto, California, Boost has just reduced the price of its main line by almost two thirds, according to the American agency block.
By 2022, the company launched Boost 2, which is silent and more efficient in terms of energy than its predecessor, among other improvements. Promote 2 sales almost tripled to people, advancing the goal of migrating to the general public.
The amount of the ribbon is reported at the request on the company’s website. Resale e-commerce sells the product for about $ 45,000 (257 thousand dollars). In New York, a rehabilitation clinic offers 30 -minute sessions with an increase of $ 25 ($ 143).
The story behind Boost
The trampling was developed by Robert Whalen at the NASA AMES Research Center in Silicon Valley, California, in the 1980’s and 1990’s.
The engineer built a system that placed a pressure bubble in the upper body of the user, creating a downward pressure capable of simulating gravity for astronauts that worked on a ribbon in space.
With the support of NASA, he created a prototype of a ribbon rolling in his garage that invested the concept, with the bubble involved the waist user to create support. The aim was to create a system that would help in the rehabilitation of the patient.
Years later, the prototype was transformed into the alterg concept by the son of the engineer, who founded Boost Treadmills in 2017. The model uses air pressure to relieve users’ weight, being useful for professional sports teams and rehabilitation clinics.
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New steps
The team has become a solution for patients who prevent them from walking or running with their maximum weight. Boost says it can also be valuable for people with long -term mobility disability such as obesity or arthritis.
Within Boost, people may be sure that there is no risk of falling, according to the company. If a user stumbles and falls, it will remain both for the air pressure in the bag and by the rigid structure of the rolls.
They are adjustable for users of 1.47 MA 2.13 m high with short light pants ranging from 2xs to 5xl. There is the ability to adjust -between 20% and 100% of body weight, with speeds of up to 29 km/inclinations of up to 15%.
