Occasionally, it rips the wearer’s pelvis in half, but you know what they say, ‘no pain, no gain.’
Sort of like Robert Heinlein “Starship Troopers.
Can’t wait for the Exogames to begin.
Who will be the first guy to demand to be able to use it in a women’s race?
I didn't see a projected cost for this but come on guys, a whole 0.97 seconds is hardly ground breaking. You can probably pick up 0.97 of a second just having the wind at your back.
This could be used in the NFL to even out the demographics. If it also makes you taller, it could help with the NVA as well.
Damn. I always thought exosuits were the stupidest part of comic books. They’re real?
Shaving .97 seconds off of your 200m time will have the vast majority of humans losing to professional T&F guys.
Starship Trooper here I come!
Didn’t Jackie Chan make a documentary about this?
I wonder if is gyroscopic so the user doesn’t trip while the pelvis is being torn asunder.
Less than a one second increase in time in a 200 m sprint.
I’m not impressed.
“this exosuit aids in sprinting, a fundamental human ability”
Fundemental? I can see walking as a fundamental human ability but running might be an extension of walking but only for short durations, sprinting for even shorter durations.
How does that meet the parameter of being baseline fundemental?
“assists wearers in extending their hips during high-intensity running. It applies a subtle tensile force parallel to the hip extensor, allowing for a natural, unobstructed sprinting motion. Wearers can experience enhanced energy efficiency and maintain optimal performance for extended periods. In straightforward terms, the exosuit opens the body’s hips up more and aids in the spring-back motion of the hips during running, allowing the runner to use less energy. “
So,
1) you have to put extra effort (extra energy) INTO the running, in order to overcome the resistance the device adds (the subtle tensile force parallel to the hip extensor), in order to get it to “snap back” passively for you. So users who practice with it will by design be increasing their muscle mass and hip flexibility, and so it might not be the device that increases the speed of running directly, just indirectly;
2) clearly, the designers/authors of this device/report, are youngsters who are flexible and heal quickly. To an older person, just the thought of this significant increase in hip workload/movement (essentially, physical therapy) and the attendant back, hip, thigh, and knee soreness and pain after even one session, is enough to say, no, not interested, hard pass!
