ITINERARY
HEALTH: JONATHANBASKIN;MATTPEYTON; THOMASMENDES
CULTURE: COURTESYAUTODESK (2); RENDERING: COURTESYADRIANSMITH+GORDONGILLARCHITECTURE
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JUNE 01, 2013
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Practiceyourposes
anywherewith
Yogify
,anapp
thatpresents30
hoursofportable
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Beginning-,
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to50classes for just
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APP
ATTACK
{ CULTURE }
Modern-Day
Marvel
Likea scene
straight out of
Star
Trek
, a 3-Dprinter
spits out perfect
littleplasticmodels
— somewithmovingparts. This is just one
exampleof the jaw-dropping exhibits at
the
AUTODESKGALLERY
inSanFrancisco.
Here youwill discover Biome, aMercedes-
Benz concept carmade fromultralightweight
biologicalmaterial grown from seed. You can
wander in a virtual 3-D environment or see
amodel of the first building ever thatwill
producemore energy than it uses (Masdar
headquarters, near AbuDhabi, UnitedArab
Emirates). You can follow thedesign and
reconstructionof the SanFrancisco-Oakland
BayBridge, the largest engineeringproject in
California history, or bebowledover by an
8½-foot dinosaur composedof 62,500 Legos.
Autodesk— theSanRafael, Calif.-based
company that inventedAutoCAD (computer-
aideddesign)— created thegallery to show
howmodern-daymiracles evolve froman
inspiration (thinka sketchonanapkin) toa
final product via computer designand testing.
Themuseum, locatedon the second floor at
OneMarket Street, isopenWednesdaysonly,
fromnoon to5p.m.Wander at your leisure
or takeadocent-led tour at 12:30p.m.
—SANDY SIMS
FROMTOP:
theAutodesk
Gallery, amodel of the
Masdar headquarters and
aLegodinosaur
SAN
FRANCISCO
{ HEALTH }
Spinning
ontheFly
A
,
?
when it’sa
FLYWHEELSPORTS
spinclass.Cre-
ated inNewYork in early 2010, Flywheel
classesaredesigned togiveriders themaximumeec-
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and
enjoyableworkout.Theexperiencestartswith
theamenities:stadium-styleseating;disc jockeyswho
createmixes foreachclass; custom-engineeredbikes;
complimentarywater, towelsandcyclingshoes forrid-
ers;evenbowlsoffruitfora littleafter-ridepick-me-up.
Asforthebikes,eachcomesequippedwithaTechPack
—part of Flywheel’s proprietaryTorqBoard technol-
ogy—thatallowsriderstoseereal-timestatslikespeed
andenergyspent.Fora littlefriendlycompetition,this
informationcanalsoberelayed(ifyousochoose)tosev-
eral large,flat-screendisplaysat the frontof theroom.
At theendof each ride, these stats, including thenum-
berofcaloriesburned,areaddedtotherider’spersonal
Flywheelpagesoparticipantscantracktheirprogress.
ManyFlywheel locations alsoofferFlyBarre, which
reshapesthebodyintolean,strongmusclesusingsmall,
intense interval exercises set tocontemporarymusic.
Flywheelhasmorethan23studiosintheU.S.,including
locationsinDallas,NewYork,Chicago,Miami,Atlanta
andSeattle, aswell as itsfirst international studio in
DubaiintheUnitedArabEmirates.
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