NC State: A Spring in the Step
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- Опубліковано 21 вер 2024
- www.ncsu.edu
It’s taken millions of years for humans to perfect the art of walking. But researchers at NC State and Carnegie Mellon have discovered that we can get better "gas mileage" using an unpowered exoskeleton to modify the structure of our ankles. The device puts an extra spring in each human step, reducing metabolic energy consumption by 7 percent below walking in normal athletic shoes - with potential benefits for users who could include military infantry, returning astronauts and stroke victims.
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I have recreational applications for that technology, and selling recreational units can fund further research on the medical model
Great work! I really like the idea of an assistive exoskeleton
As someone with M.S. this gives me a lot of hope. If you need someone to test it please consider people like myself because as a disabled vet the one thing I miss is walking without having afos and a cane!
As a disabled vet with MS as well, I would love to see the capabilities of this device when it come to spasticity of leg muscles and walking coordination problems.
This is useful for stroke?
cool stuff. feels like there's a lot more that can be done with this specific augmentation and i look forward to seeing how they improve on it. i feel like this is an extremely rudimentary stage of this type of medical tech... like there could be kinetic energy that's harnessed from walking and recycled by low-powered augmentation. make it webbed! add more springs. and put a motor on it. also, a self-defense mode
Can this be used for Myositis patients
Hello, any news on this device or can I buy the designs or by a prototype of one?
is this product available for sale ?
How can we buy this. My father needs it.
Efficiency from walking and running with this can be increased even more by walking forefoot.