Read this and see what YOU think:
"Thanks to the Kanagawa Institute of Technology’s Air Pressure suit, in the very near future the elderly will have super strength. The suits would be used by old people to get around and lift things more easily. And it would be just as beneficial to their caregivers, who need to carry them around. The wearer can lift a person as heavy as 100 kilos as if they were carrying only half that weight.
Admittedly, the suit is clunky, and yes it likely takes a long time to put on. It also weighs 66 pounds."
So - my question is : what if an elderly person does manage to actually put one on?
My answer is: We are setting ourselves up for a world where elderly people stomp around in robot exoskeletons, complaining about rock music and how “they don’t make ‘em like that anymore”. The next thing you know Grandma is throwing a car at you! A world where robots evolved from little old ladies? It could happen. And soon.
Our only hope is to start treating your elders with respect NOW. They like revenge.
(With thanks to BotJunkie.)
2 comments:
I could see how super-strength cyborg pensioners would be a worry, in your job.
It would be like the final scenes of Aliens all over again …
Or they would be my invincible army to defeat the forces of flamboyant waistcoatry, Didn't think of that, did you?
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