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NEXTfest: Power Assist Suit

Posted in OnLocation by Dan at 1:07 pm
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Designed for nurses in Japan, the Power Assist uses its compressed air lifting action to transfer patients from one bed to another. The suit, which calculates how much air to release based on sensors taped to the wearers muscles, has many other applications too, like the heavy-lifting tasks performed by soldiers, and construction workers.

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2 Responses to “NEXTfest: Power Assist Suit”

  1. Tony says:

    They could be kid’s-size cereal boxes on her back for all we know…nice idea but picking up a woman isn’t exactly hard to do without the 400pound suit on.

    Lift up an SUV…then i might “wow” a little

  2. emory says:

    where’s my god-damned gundam!?

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