The wheel runs at the natural speed of the user’s stride and seems to encourage those inside to keep on keeping on.
Once a desk was incorporated into the wheel, Goddshaw and Doenlen realized that having it there gives the user more balance.
“Once the desk is inside of it it’s much easier to control because you have something to hold onto and something to stop with,” Goddshaw told FastCo.Exist. “I think future versions might include some type of brake.”ased Pier 9 to build the Hamster Wheel Standing Desk in a 24-hour session.