When you’re down and troubled and you need a helping hand, someone will invent a robotic one. This strange contraption called the Morale Raiser was unveiled in 1951 to boost a man’s confidence and sooth his fragile ego, but for some reason, it didn’t take off as well as the inventor had hoped. More than one commenter remarked it was because these men were wearing it in the wrong position. -via Arbroath
Anyway, the Japanese have already made great strides with this technology.