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Hypershell X is a $999 AI-powered exoskeleton that says it makes hiking, running and walking 30% easier.

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Hypershell X: A Game-Changer for Fatigue Reduction and Injury Preventi

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AI and 3 nines in the headline setting off my bullshit meter.
- I've no relationship with the company! In fairness, it does seem to work. I posted it as it seemed quite cool.
  
  My initial interest in technology like this will be its medical applications, helping frail people for example. If the technology has become good enough for recreational use then I'm sure medical versions won't be too far behind.
How easy it to take a quick shit with this contraption on? That’s how I measure practicality of gadgets used in the woods. Will it hinder or not an outdoors deuce?
- You type very well despite the ursine claws.
  
  Lol
- That's a good metric.
  I note that you have wisely refrained from asking if a device will make it easier. I do not want any such device at this time, thank you.
Yeah I'm not strapping a sketchy AI to my skeleton or relying on it to get me around in the wilderness.
Whoever wrote this copy should be fired. Like, holy shit, "push your limits, not your body"? Your body is the limit you are pushing with exercise!!!
Exercise is good for you because it is hard. You are prone to injury when you have not exercised enough previously, because your body never adapted to doing hard things. This is like advertising that you invented a robot to go to the gym and do deadlifts for you, lol.
Obviously there is an application here for the old and frail, and I support grandma being able to go out and hike with her grandkids. But then market it to grandma, not healthy athletic people looking to push their limits.
You can rent this in China for like $40 a day
I had heard about the research showing you can make walking more efficient this way (even with passive springs). Nice to see it's reached commercialisation.

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