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 was told they stopped working on any machine that was 5 years or older,”

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

We really need standardization in batteries. I usually think that about ebikes, but this is another good example.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thanks, that's actually the article I was looking for.

We're literally living in a cyberpunk dystopia.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 6 days ago

a boring cyberpunk dystopia

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Okay as a Middle Eastern guy I have absolutely zero respect for Iraq war veterans so honestly I couldn't give a shit about this guy specifically, but from a realpolitik perspective isn't this just bad for morale?

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

TBH I think at this point hating the VA is so universal that it's become a group morale building exercise...

[–] SolacefromSilence@fedia.io 2 points 6 days ago

Doesn't matter, had war.