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,”

  • B312@lemmy.world
    36·
    1 month ago

    Why the fuck are they treating body part replacements like it’s a phone or another device

  • JackFrostNCola@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    1 month 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
      5·
      1 month 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.

  • teawrecks@sopuli.xyz
    13·
    1 month ago

    “Sorry, we can’t work on your machine unless your story goes viral. Just policy, you understand.”