To help prevent backpack injuries, University of Pennsylvania scientists have invented a backpack suspended by bungee cords. Typical backpacks, which don't have bungee cords, rise and fall with your ...

Carrying heavy loads could become easier thanks to a new ergonomic backpack that uses bungee cords to take the strain off the shoulders and joints, scientists said on Wednesday. The cords suspend the ...

December 30, 2006 Biologists at the University of Pennsylvania have announced details for a suspended-load ergonomic backpack that reduces the force of a backpacks load on the wearer by 86%, allowing ...

A backpack that uses bungee cords to suspend the load from the frame reduces the strain on users, University of Pennsylvania researchers say. The effect "is like carrying 12 extra pounds for free," ...

An American biologist has developed a backpack that reduces the weight students and hikers carry. The bungee backpack, invented by Lawrence Rome, a biology professor at the University of Pennsylvania ...

Helen Slack likens herself to a turtle. The 24-year-old left her home in England soon after graduating from university three years ago to backpack around the world with her "whole life" stuffed into a ...

ROME, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- A new design could be the answer for people who risk damaging their bones by hauling heavy books and other items in backpacks, Italian back experts said. The experts said the ...

This is the incredible 'floating' backpack that allows travellers to take the strain off their shoulders while carrying a heavy load. The HoverGlide backpack is being described as a revolutionary ...

A BUNGEE backpack that lets the wearer carry up to a quarter more weight for the same effort is a boon for hikers and overladen schoolchildren. The idea is counter-intuitive, because one of ...

Penn researchers have announced details for a suspended-load ergonomic backpack that reduces the force of a backpack's load on the wearer by 86 percent, allowing wearers to run far more comfortably ...

PHILADELPHIA – Old Saint Nick might very well be able to run from rooftop to rooftop without reindeer this year, if only he carried toys in a backpack like the one developed by biologists at the ...