SurfShelf Laptop Stand Adds Work to Your Workout

Is your treadmill collecting dust in a corner? That's too bad, as countless studies have shown that regular exercise increases productivity and lowers health-care costs.

Maybe you just need the right incentive to get back on the old 'mill -- like your laptop! Wouldn't it be great if you could combine walking and working? That's the idea behind SurfShelf, a laptop stand for treadmills, ellipticals, and bikes.

Nuts, right? After all, you can't run and operate a computer at the same time. Well, check out this video, which shows the SurfShelf in action (and how it gets installed), then meet me at the next paragraph.

As you can see, the SurfShelf isn't necessarily intended for work; you could use it to watch a movie or TV show. (Take it from me, a die-hard elliptical user, nothing makes 45 minutes fly by like an episode of Friday Night Lights. Or The Shield. Or Deadwood. I could go on...)

On the other hand, if you're walking on your treadmill or riding on your exercise bike, you could probably surf the Web, answer e-mail, and the like without much trouble -- those activities don't involve a lot of bouncing.

The SurfShelf costs $39.95. What do you think? Is this something you'd use? If I didn't already have a projector pointed at the wall in front of my elliptical, I'd grab one in a heartbeat. [via Gizmodo]