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        Device Profile: Exertris workout bike

        jill | Date: Jun 29, 2002 | Comments: 1


        An interactive gaming workout cycle that uses Microsoft Windows XP Embedded for interactive multimedia features, built-in networking, and broadband connectivity. The system offers a workout and entertainment. The Exertris offers personal logons to enable users to monitor their health and exercise regimen progress, and networking and broadband connectivity to enable users to compete with others in their...

        facility and in other facilities.


        The exercise bike adds a Windows XP Embedded-based gaming system. According to a Microsoft Case Study profiling the product, the device is housed at the base of the bike, and includes 256 MB of RAM; an AMD Duron 800-MHz CPU; a 1024 768 LCD color display; an NVIDIA nForce 420 motherboard with AGP graphics, sound, and Ethernet; and a 20-GB IDE hard disk. A Microsoft SideWinder USB Game Pad is mounted near the leaning post. Proprietary interface electronics link the gaming computer to the bike's computer.