An out-of-warranty battery almost left this paralyzed man’s exoskeleton useless - eviltoast

"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,”

  • Maalus@lemmy.world
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    2 hours 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.