LifeFitness exercise bike interfaces with Nexus S, makes fitness marginally enjoyable (video)

LifeFitness could have taken one too many creative liberties with its Cyberbike Wii accessory , nevertheless it did a laudable job of redeeming itself at Google I/O this week. The outfit brought a USB-equipped exercise bike to the show floor, where an Open Accessory-enabled Nexus S promptly stole the show. We were shown a demo of the CardioQuest app interfacing with the cycle over the aforementioned protocol; the bike itself had a heretofore unreleased firmware update installed that allowed it to have interaction with the telephone, and we’re told that said update can be available for free to existing customers within the coming weeks.

As was announced yesterday in the course of the opening keynote , the Android Open Accessory API is currently only in a position to handling communications over USB, but that did not stop a clever game from keeping a booth representative mighty busy. The gist is pretty simple — pedal harder to transport the Android up, and relax your stride to work out him float down. The goal is to prevent the encircling walls, while also keeping your mind from concentrating on the undeniable fact that you’re actually burning calories. Mum’s the word on even if this actual app will ever make it into the Android Market, but there is a video of the chaos waiting just after the break, regardless.

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