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My initial interest in technology like this will be its medical applications, helping frail people for example. If the technology has become good enough for recreational use then I'm sure medical versions won't be too far behind.
Yeah they mention it can reduce stress on joints, for people with arthritis and other conditions this could be a lot more than a hiking toy.
I've got elderly relatives and just watching them slowly, carefully trying to walk around their houses makes me so nervous. Assuming medical technology hasn't figured out how to take the edge off of age-related frailty directly, I would very much like to have something like this for protection and support were I to get into that sort of state.
Just as long as they don't have knee issues. Look at it, it only augments the hips
Something like it. I've seen other exoskeleton prototypes that were full body, intended to let operators lift heavy objects with them. A medical version would just have to be able to handle regular loads.