Here’s an interesting video that we grabbed at IFA last year.

The concept? Rather than shops needing to have huge stock of every trainer available, all that would be needed is for a stock of virtual trainers.

This gives the shops a number of advantages. The shops can be considerably smaller, saving money on expensive ground rent; they’ll be able to sell trainers that they don’t have in stock; trainers that don’t even _exist_ can be sold - how good is that for a business?

Watch the display at the top to see the trainers being rendered in real-time, as they twist and turn.

Mechanical legs were used so a volunteer didn’t need to be waggling their legs around all day!

On this day, years gone by ...

• Sony Goes Super Shiny With Vaio CR Series Laptops - 2007
• Is The Love Affair With Apple Over? WWDC Fans Subdued - 2007
• Say Goodbye To Boring Fans With The LED Art Fan - 2007
• Apple Releases Safari Browser For Windows - 2007
• Sony Alpha A100 dSLR: Brief Look - 2006
• NSA To Harvest Social Networks? - 2006
• Anti-DRM FlashMobs Hit Apple Stores - 2006
• Skype-me in eBay Auctions? - 2006
• Thankyou - 2003
• Sony laptop with PVR built-in - 2003

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