The desk gives people the chance to stay healthy, protect the environment

Nov 9, 2013 03:16 GMT  ·  By
Innovative desk lets you exercise, work, produce electricity at the same time
   Innovative desk lets you exercise, work, produce electricity at the same time

Greenheads are going on and on about how we must save energy and promote sustainability. For most people, it all sounds easier said than done. More so given the fact that many now own lots of gadgets that, every once in a while, go on a hunger strike and won't work again until they are fed electricity.

Introducing the “Pedal Power” desk. This innovative piece of furniture doubles (triples, come to think about it) as a bicycle and a charging station.

The working principles are pretty straightforward: you hop up, start to pedal, work at the same time and whatever energy your feet produce while you're busy breaking a sweat goes into powering your laptop.

Apparently, the desk can serve to charge other devices as well, Tree Hugger reports. Check out the video below to see it at work.

The people behind this project have launched a Kickstarter campaign, and hope to raise enough money to make the process of designing and building such desks both easier and more cost-effective.

“Our hope is that someday they will be as economical and widespread as the bicycle. To take a step towards affordability, we’re going to open source the designs of our machines.”

“Our goal with this campaign is to raise a small amount of funding to enable us to produce high quality, open-source build plans with dimensioned drawings and step-by-step instructions. We'd love your support in this effort,” they say.

Feel free to head over to Kickstarter if you feel like supporting this project.