He attached a baseball-uniform belt to the device as a harness, and instructed me to place my feet on the pedals one at a time, leaning forward to propel the machine.

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Hirofumi Yoshitome, 62, installed a navigation system in his car more than nine years ago, then had a friend tweak the device so he could tune in to baseball games and other programs.

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We check the news, find out the score of the baseball game and read restaurant reviews all by swiping the ubiquitous device in our pockets.

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