Thursday, May 19, 2005

Walk (or run) to watch

BBC NEWS | Technology | Shoe kick-starts active lifestyle: "The shoe - dubbed Square-eyes - has a unique insole that records the amount of exercise a child does and converts it into television watching time."

Seems like overkill to me. Then again, limiting TV time sometimes just leads to kids sitting around, moaning that they're bored, instead of going outside and doing something else.