CES 2011: What is this? Guess the function of our mystery gadget
A Washington Post videographer sent back this perplexing image from the Consumer Electronics show in Las Vegas. We've put it up on Facebook and asked people to weigh in on what they think it could possibly be.
Weigh in here or over at The Washington Post's Facebook page. The answer will be revealed at the end of the day.
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Mobility assistance. The battery pack goes in front of your abdomen and you strap your legs in. A less bulky version of the ones honda has been building.
Posted by: hesaid | January 6, 2011 5:34 PM | Report abuse
It's a Robot Suit.
Posted by: patb | January 6, 2011 6:13 PM | Report abuse
Just Google "Cyberdyne". You know, the name on the robotic assistive device, and the shirt, and the big poster in the pic.
Posted by: DonKedic | January 6, 2011 7:08 PM | Report abuse
Exoskeleton.
Posted by: tbva | January 6, 2011 7:36 PM | Report abuse
Is it from the sex industry?
Posted by: flunk | January 6, 2011 11:42 PM | Report abuse
Cyberdyne?
It's part of a Terminator...
Posted by: wiredog | January 7, 2011 7:50 AM | Report abuse
If you saw the Christmas episode of Glee, you saw a similar (if not the same) device. It is used to give parapalegics the ability to walk. It is an exoskeleton that straps to the torso and legs.
Posted by: lgaide | January 7, 2011 8:11 AM | Report abuse
The first question should have been... Who cares?
It is just something to make the inventor feel better about himself. We MIGHT see it 'on the street' in 10 to 15 years.
Posted by: joeblotnik49 | January 7, 2011 8:47 AM | Report abuse
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