5 ms·

Can civilians buy this tech? It would be so nice for carrying all my kid's stuff

• perilunar 6y ago
  They have a civilian exoskeleton also: https://www.mawashi.net/en/fraco-exoskeleton-by-mawashi https://www.mawashi.net/en/fraco-exoskeleton-by-mawashi
  • netsharc 6y ago
    Argh, the videos in that page are useless, you hit play and it's a girl doing a vlog. Just show me the product in use! I skipped around the 3 videos and I couldn't find a clear show of the exoskeleton in action. It's strange to see this social media style marketing for an industrial product... props to them if it works, although in this case it didn't work for me.
    • kerkeslager 6y ago
      It's exactly what you'd expect: social-media style marketing is for products that people don't want/need based on what they actually do. Since your product doesn't solve a problem, you create a problem: "as a user I want to look cool and fit in with my peers". To do that, you create social proof around the product, so people thinks it will fill their social needs. There's a reason Apple, for example, has ads that just show a disembodied hand using their product. They know they have a good product that does something people want, so they don't need social proof. The exoskeleton is probably being advertised with social media style marketing because it doesn't work (yet).
  • stubish 6y ago
    Wonder when I'll be seeing brickies wearing these? Might double your potential working life, letting you retire with your spine intact.