An out-of-warranty battery almost left this paralyzed man’s exoskeleton useless
www.theverge.com
He couldn’t walk using the machine for two months.

"Michael Straight, a former jockey paralyzed from the waist down, was left unable to walk for two months after the company behind his $100,000 exoskeleton refused to fix a battery issue. "

“I called [the company] thinking it was no big deal, yet I was told they stopped working on any machine that was 5 years or older,”

  • JackFrostNCola@lemmy.worldEnglish
    17·
    2 months ago

    And yet there are people willing to get brain implants or other ‘utility’ bio-augmentations and dont see an unsupported/EOL product becoming part of their body indefinitely.

    • Maalus@lemmy.world
      6·
      2 months ago

      There was a story about that sometime ago. Tech startup that made prototypes, someone used them with great success, but the company failed and now they need to take it out.