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Sean Whalen

Sean Whalen

Co-founder and CTO of Boost Treadmills, inventor of the AlterG Anti-Gravity Treadmill adapted from his father Robert Whalen's NASA Ames research.

Sep 16, 2026

16:05
Now, what were some of the biggest technical hurdles in that journey and transforming a research concept into a reliable commercial platform? Sean, do you want to address that?
16:16
Sure.
16:17
Yeah, I think in a lab, you know, it's like every idea.
16:23
You're trying to prove a concept and just make something, you know, work.
16:28
And that's critical and that's key.
16:31
And we do that a lot and just in general product development.
16:34
to kind of kick off ideas, but there's such a big difference between, and gap between taking something from proof of concept to making it usable and intuitive and addressing some of the pain points that are practical, you know, from customers out there.
21:37
Maybe we can start with you, Sean.

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