> "Ten years from now, there will be no, or far fewer, wheelchairs," he said.
I wonder how much money he'll put on that.
I wonder how much money he'll put on that.
Not being snarky, I appreciate a lot what he's doing, and I hope he will succeed in his quest. There's just a glimpse of sadness when I realize that solving the problem in the first world doesn't mean it will be solved for good (same with vaccines, we hope/expect to have solved the COVID problem soon, but it won't actually be the case for a majority of the world population).
This will lead to a revolution of generic complex product availability that ignores patents and trademarks.
An exoskeleton may not be the first type of product to be ordered and assembled from a few blocks away. The amount of QA for safety would need to be high.
However, if the price of such things is 1/10 or even 1/20th that of the branded, official version people will continue to turn to hyperlocal, small-run manufacture for even the most safety-critical products.