World’s largest exoskeleton mech suit inspires a new sport

That misrepresents the issue, though it was reported that way abroad. A couple points…

The law in question restricts how much foreign investment and ownership there can be in any given media company in Poland. 80% of media in Poland are foreign owned (the majority are in German hands). Imagine if Russia controlled 80% of American media. In Poland’s case, it is also struggling with its own status as a de facto vulnerable neocolonial possession, something Poles would rather not be, especially given their history the last couple of centuries. Indeed, a major cause of the weakening and fall of Poland in the 18th century was foreign meddling and the alliances made by warring political factions with foreign powers who played them off each other.

The media company that became a symbol of opposition to this law is TVN which is owned by the American company Discovery Inc. and notoriously pro-opposition and pro-status quo w.r.t. Poland’s status of subordination (the ruling party has no such corporate/foreign backing). So it’s not surprising that the American corporate media would mispresent the nature of this law to Americans in line with thosee corporate interests. The very notion that corporate and foreign media are free of the interests that own and fund them is rather amusing.

Mind you, the internet isn’t censored, so Poles are free to follow both the many domestic and foreign media outlets critical of the ruling party at their pleasure, and this is good. And with respect to state media, it is the state media and no pretense is made about it being otherwise. Whenever the ruling party changes, so does the management at TVP.

No they're literally fighting for survival against a genocidal invasion force...

Maybe when it's mass produced in the millions like cars it will be more affordable.

For paraplegic wheelchair users, for example, you need an exoskeleton that fully replaces the functions of the legs: structure, balance, movement. That's much more complicated and much bigger. And the tech isn't there for consumer use, we're just starting to get there with Atlas.

Beyond that you've got many wheelchair-binding disabilities that present unique challenges and require functionalities that are somewhere in between the two exos described above. A lot of wheelchair users who retain their ability to move their legs simply use braces to enhance their structural integrity and crutches for balance, but couldn't use a powered exoskeleton due to the injuries it might cause from sudden movements or ranges of motion that aren't adapted to their limitations.

National parks have transitioned from trying to attract people to the outdoors to now trying to minimise their impact on the environment, so I assume they'd be reluctant to upgrade non-accessible trails like that. Smaller parks might have smaller budgets.

Then add risks on steep or exposed trails. My father in law is in a wheelchair (MS) and bumps/scraps doorways in our house. Move that to a trail on a slope and it would be very dangerous.

A wheeled, tracked, or flying vehicle of similar size, weight and cost is always superior. It's just a fundamentally inefficient way to go about building and locomoting a machine.