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Tue 09 Sep 2005Extension chair brings activity to playing computer gamesStudent's design project aims to get sedentary kids moving again. Ann Dempsey reportsLast Christmas when National College of Art & Design industrial design graduate Tim Briggs was considering ideas for his final year project, he noticed his eight-year-old cousin Jack Burke in perpetual motion while completely involved with the Playstation console.