Lightweight Power Boot Makes You Walk More Effectively
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Over the past 10 years bionic exoskeletons have been making a bit of a progess in the medical world
But while these mechanical power suits can work small miracles (and look pretty damn cool), there’s still one major issue: they are super expensive.To help disabled or paralyzed people improve their movement, but exoskeletons don’t come cheap.
Now, researchers from Carnegie Mellon and North Carolina State University have come up with a simpler solution to improve walking efficiency.
The research team details their latest creation—a wearable boot-like exoskeleton that can reduce the energy cost of walking by 7 percent. That may not seem like a lot, but it helps over a long period of time.
An increase of 7 percent in walking efficiency is similar to removing a 5kg. backpack load.
The main selling point for this boot is that it doesn't need battery-powered motors. That means it’s likely to be in the price range that a lot of people can afford.
Of course more research needs to be done, since the exoskeleton will result in the loss of muscle mass if use it all the time. But I hope that since the device doesn’t consume any chemical or electrical energy, it could be somewhere in the range of only a few thousand or a few hundreds of dollars. That’s pretty good.
Smaller, cheaper, and more better in the end. If it’s too expensive, it’s not going to be accessible to the people.
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