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Sundowner -> RE: I WANT ONE!!! (1/29/2011 9:33:57 AM)
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Bugger off young person - this one's for rich oldies.
Unfortunately:-
"Honda developed the U3-X with elderly people in mind. Takanobu Ito, the president of Honda, told the press, “I may want to use it in my home. It’d be easier to get around so I might really use it if my legs grow weaker.” As the average age of Japanese citizens slowly creeps up, Honda’s U3-X could increasingly act as an alternative to canes and walkers. That is, of course, if the device ever makes it to market. Honda doesn’t yet have any plans to commercialize the U3-X."
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It'd be really hard, I know, but imagine if one day they could make one with say 4 wheels and a really comfy seat and armrests and maybe some fingertip controls on the armrest and a fuck-off big battery under the seat! Wow - that'd be hugely cool for tired old people - it'd be a chair with wheels and a motor so they could call it a "motorised wheelchair". I'd certainly go for one of them.
PS Have an old hug you evil young toad.
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