Some smart people invented a tennis ball launcher that’s powered by pedaling a bicycle.  This speaks to me on so many levels, including my love of tennis, the great deal of time I’ve spent on stationary bikes recently and my love of gadgetry (although I myself struggle to even put together IKEA furniture).  Readers of this blog may remember that I partially tore my LCL about six weeks ago and part of my rehab is pedaling my butt off on a stationary bike.  Well with this gadget I could satisfy my rehab requirements while getting back on the tennis court sooner than planned.  If only I had even an ounce of engineering acumen I’d give this a go.  Here’s the video:

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