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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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," ...

A new backpack which reduces weight force by 86% could lead to a drop in backache in children, according to its creator. The "bungee backpack" uses rubber bands The "bungee backpack" uses rubber bands ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Using elastic cords to suspend a backpack from a rigid frame reduces the energy needed to carry the load, easing the stress on shoulders and joints, its developer reports ...