American engineers have developed a vertical workstation that helps employees lose weight without spending time going to the gym.

Designers from the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota found that the facility helps obese people to lose up to 30 kilograms a year. The study showed that 15 volunteers who were overweight burned 191 calories per hour using the device while working, while sitting on an ordinary chair, they lost only 72 calories.

The automated workplace consists of a computer, a keyboard and a simulator - a "running track". According to the designers, the installation should be used two to three hours a day.

The steel structure of the device is similar in appearance to the letter "H" and stands on four wheels, so that it can be easily moved from place to place. Installation allows the user to go and work, stand and work or, if the "treadmill" is replaced by a high chair - sit and work. The cost of the novelty is one thousand dollars.

Sportzal. Com.