Japan's growing elderly population has created a niche marketing opportunity for ... personal airbags! Here's a BBC video on an airbag that you wear:
The device is strapped around the body and inflates in 0.1 seconds if it detects it is accelerating towards the ground, the manufacturers say.
The Tokyo-based company, Prop, says the product is designed to cushion a fall using two separate pockets of air.
pretty neat, but only good for if you fall on your back. seems to me old people fall and break their hips - wouldn't that mean they fell sideways?
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Could one also use this for say...a night out at the pub?
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The safety nazis will have us all wearing these some day.
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looks like an instant bed to me.. so this is win.
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and rocket assists for immediately standing them back up?
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Ha Ha Ha I saw this on the news today.
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Perfect for skateboarders who use magnetic harpoons to get through traffic.
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They also need to wear those little necklaces with the help button for when they've fallen and they can't get up!
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