An out-of-warranty battery almost left this paralyzed man’s exoskeleton useless
An out-of-warranty battery almost left this paralyzed man’s exoskeleton useless
He couldn’t walk using the machine for two months.
cross-posted from: https://feddit.it/post/11211952
Alternative link where I'm told the story is written better, but unfortunately has a signup wall and I'm not willing to sign up https://www.404media.co/paralyzed-jockey-loses-ability-to-walk-after-manufacturer-refuses-to-fix-battery-for-his-100-000-exoskeleton/
You can see the alternative link here: https://archive.is/dwaqQ
Though their reason why they ask for email address logins is pretty interesting (and kind of boring-dystopia / cyberpunk), they sound like they're worth supporting.
Corporations just barrelling towards that cyberpunk dystopia the stories tried to warn us about.
"Sprawl was a warning, not a suggestion."
-William Gibson probably idk