• fizzle@quokk.auEnglish
    37·
    6 days ago

    Well I’d need some kind of evidence that it works beyond a Japanese engineer just deciding that its a good idea.

    • Alcoholicorn
      701·
      6 days ago

      Why? If it doesn’t prevent falls, you still get a dragon tail.

      • fizzle@quokk.auEnglish
        14·
        6 days ago

        Because, its likely that for an elderly person simply adding an appendage to your frame is harmful.

            • Alcoholicorn
              231·
              6 days ago

              Its mounted to the hips.

              But if there were wings, I would accept the risk.

              • higgsboson@piefed.socialEnglish
                4·
                6 days ago

                Its mounted to the hips.

                So is your spine. The sacroiliac joint takes the hit in this case, so the L3-L4 disc.

                • edgesmash@lemmy.world
                  9·
                  6 days ago

                  When I was 13 (basically 800 years ago mid 90s), I visited my friend in Luxembourg, whose family had moved there temporarily for his dad’s job. I slipped on their front steps during an epic super soaker battle (I’d brought the water blasters with me because they weren’t sold there) and hurt my lower back. Hours later, when I couldn’t sleep, they took me to the ER. I don’t recall all the details, but I very clearly remember the doc saying that something was wrong with my sacroliliac (I thought she said it was dislocated, but that may be a false memory). She injected me with a huge needle (to this day, my friend and his family won’t tell me how big it was (still not sure why they were all allowed to see this do still a huge needle in my back)) and then physically massaged/shoved things back in place. I was told later that in my home US, docs would never have done that physical manipulation, meaning I’d have recovered in a wheelchair for a while.

                  Anyway, I just saw you write “sacroliliac” and wanted to share my story about my sacroliliac. Believe it or not, it doesn’t come up in conversation often.

                • Pat_Riot@lemmy.today
                  31·
                  6 days ago

                  It’s probably all carbon fiber and gyros, maybe a couple of servos, and likely weighs very little.

                  Edit: and dragon tail, cone on

  • Thatuserguy@lemmy.world
    181·
    6 days ago

    Maybe I’m crazy, but I feel like adding additional weight to someone who already is struggling with walking in their old age is not the best idea?

    • webp
      15·
      6 days ago

      But presumably some are not struggling because of weakness but lack of balance

      • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
        1·
        6 days ago

        It’s got to have something going for it besides just being a counterweight. I don’t see this helping much with balance, unless it has a gyroscope in it, which would be interesting.

    • starik@lemmy.zip
      25·
      6 days ago

      It would be interesting to wear one of these for a week or longer and get really used to relying on it for staying upright. You could wobble back and forth, side to side, and never fall over. Then when you remove it, does it feel like getting off a ship after months at sea?

      • caurvo@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        6·
        6 days ago

        Body horror x Enshittification is something I really don’t want to see. Cyber psychosis from CP2077 it’s probably the most extreme form. But being lucid and losing control of your own body on account of “wellbeing technology” would be terrifying.

  • phx@lemmy.world
    9·
    6 days ago

    Is it just a tail or is it mechanised? A mechanised tail that I’d have some control over sounds awesome.

    Well, depending on where the controller goes…