Startup develops inflatable fall-protection pants to prevent hip fractures

3 pointsposted 2 days ago
by rmason

3 Comments

rmason

2 days ago

Given the age on here it is doubtful you will see the virtue in what these guys are doing. But as someone older who has had friends fall and break hips, it's one of the worst things that can happen to a person. I cannot prove it but am absolutely certain that breaking a hip will shorten your life.

I think they need to lose the LED's and bring the price way down but I am watching this one.

Jblx2

2 days ago

I thought it was still up in the air whether the majority of the time geriatric people fell and then broke their hip. Or their hip breaks first, causing them to fall.