Following on from https://alex.lemmy.ca/lemmy.ca/comment/16014727
In almost every scifi-action movie of the 90s, there appears an exercise machine (?) with three concentric rings, and you strap into the middle and spin around in all directions. IIRC the outside ring is immobile and upright, while the inner two move on different axes, so the user can spin any which way.
Universal Soldier, Fortress, Drive and a bunch more had it, but I don't have screenshots.
So I've posted my terrible attempt at drawing what I mean. (Either that or the logo for my new political movement.)
Anyone know what it's called?
And whatever happened to it? It's the future now, why aren't we all spinning around in every direction, in between sessions on our hoverboards and flying cars?
EDIT:
Thanks, everyone. Turns out it's called an aerotrim.
So far, seen in the following 90s scifi movies:
- Contact
- Drive
- Fortress
- Gattaca
- The Lawnmower Man
- Universal Soldier
An aerotrim?
Iirc they were supposed to be used to measure G-forces on a pilot. But, I mean, that came from Hollywood movies so I don't even know if NASA even actually used these things. They were fun to ride at the local fair, tho.
That's it, thanks!
Wikipedia says not NASA but the German Space Agency and European astronauts who went up to Mir did use them for exercise.
Invented as a way to alleviate back/spine pain, apparently, according to its Wikipedia page. Pretty cool.
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I need to get me an aerotrim... 🤔
I think the inversion tables are a better go. You can pick one up for under $150.
Pretty sure I saw one on that Temu one time 🙃 how unsafe could it be?!??...?
There's a bunch over on Alibaba. they run about $3-$5K... They're calling them human gyroscopes.