I read the news and saw the photo at CNN website that Japanese had invented a wearable robotic walker. The walker was designed to support body weight, reduce stress on the knees and help people get up steps and stay in crouching position.
It was an excellence good idea. I sincerely hope the product is practical and comfortable for the user.
It was an excellence good idea. I sincerely hope the product is practical and comfortable for the user.
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The invention appears to be useful but looks rather expensive. Poorer handicaps may not have the means to purchase it unless assisted by somecharitble organisation. The equipment may lessen the pressure on the lower part of the body but I notice it has no hand-grasp bar, hence I am doubtful if an unsteady user, who has poor balancing ability, can use it safely.
Dear Zen,
Thanks for the comments. Normaly good thing don't come cheap just like the japanes cars.
Regards
pehsk
Pehsk - I agree with your logical reasoning especially with Japanese made goods. However, there is a catch here, with Japanese companies diversifying their manufacturing operations oversea, we must be a bit more careful when buying the so-called branded goods. Take for example a Toyota made in Japan could have some difference from one manufactured in Thailand, the former being better in term of quality control, though the price is more or less the same. In other words, when we buy a branded product, we must not take for granted that it is definitely good - a value for money that type of thinking though generally branded goods have better quality.
Those with mobility challenges can use mechanised wheelchairs which unfortunately can't go up unmodified public transport, staircases, etc.
This device looks like it can do the job, so it certainly has market potential. With large scale production, the cost can be lowered so as to be affordable.
It's just like personal computers - used to cost $10000/pc for an IBM PC-AT286. Now, it costs less than $1000 for a model that is 100 times faster, and store 100 times more data in its hard disk.
Technology is an enabler. Cheaper and faster microprocessors make it possible for many devices and inventions to be produced affordably, which was unimaginable just 10 to 20 years ago.
Technological advances in manufactured products bring in more convenience to their users, saving time, enhance productivity at a ever reducing cost affordable to many. But such advances do have a negative impact. They encourage people to exert less physical effort hence resulting in a weaker body constitution. PC wide spread usuage with its many applications tend to draw people glueing to its screen for long hours and kids addicted to computer games and the list of negative effects go on. In other words, there are always two sides of coin - namely the good followed by the bad. Therefore it is necessary for us to strike a balance between both extremes.
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