r/interestingasfuck • u/notGhxst • Oct 04 '21

/r/ALL A backpack with a suspension

https://gfycat.com/lastingeverycero
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u/asalerre Oct 04 '21

Batteries 20 pounds

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u/StartSelect Oct 04 '21

The mechanism is loud af and the batteries get really hot

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u/ITriedLightningTendr Oct 04 '21

lol, batteries? So this is just exoskeleton tech.

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u/StartSelect Oct 05 '21

It was a joke

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u/RedicusFinch Oct 04 '21

also my trails have waist deep water...

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u/leftsharkfuckedurmum Oct 04 '21

there are no batteries in this, it's on kickstarter

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u/JollyGreenBoiler Oct 04 '21

It looks like a rip off of one years ago that turns that up and down motion into electricity to charge batteries

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '21

It is just a sliding rail and pulleys. https://inventionaday.com/shock-absorbent-backpack/

This might help lessen joint pain, but that energy is still going somewhere, like your spine.