'Harder, better, faster, stronger'-tethered soft exosuit reduces metabolic cost of running

'Harder, better, faster, stronger'-tethered soft exosuit reduces metabolic cost of running 06/08/2017 10:22 AM EDT What if running the 26.2 miles of a marathon only felt like running 24.9 miles, or if you could improve your average running pace from 9:14 minutes/mile to 8:49 minutes/mile without weeks of training? Researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering have demonstrated that a tethered soft exosuit can reduce the metabolic cost of running on a treadmill by 5.4 percent compared to not wearing the exosuit, bringing those dreams of high performance closer to reality. Full story at https://wyss.harvard.edu/harder-better-faster-stronger-tethered-soft-exosuit-reduces-the-metabolic-cost-of-running/ Source Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard This is an NSF News From the Field item.   Follow NSF:  This email was sent using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Science Foundation Update · 4201 Wilson Boulevard · Arlington, VA 22230 · 703-292-5111