Wearable Airbag for the Elderly

Posted by Alex in Gadget on September 25, 2008 at 3:44 pm


Japan’s growing elderly population has created a niche marketing opportunity for … personal airbags! Here’s a BBC video on an airbag that you wear:

The device is strapped around the body and inflates in 0.1 seconds if it detects it is accelerating towards the ground, the manufacturers say.

The Tokyo-based company, Prop, says the product is designed to cushion a fall using two separate pockets of air.

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8 comments to "Wearable Airbag for the Elderly"

  1. sw
    September 25th, 2008 at 4:01 pm

    pretty neat, but only good for if you fall on your back. seems to me old people fall and break their hips - wouldn't that mean they fell sideways?

  2. Tracy
    September 25th, 2008 at 4:37 pm

    Could one also use this for say...a night out at the pub?

  3. dutchboy
    September 25th, 2008 at 11:58 pm

    The safety nazis will have us all wearing these some day.

  4. matt
    September 26th, 2008 at 1:50 am

    looks like an instant bed to me.. so this is win.

  5. DOJ
    September 26th, 2008 at 5:51 pm

    and rocket assists for immediately standing them back up?

  6. Krysthal
    September 26th, 2008 at 5:56 pm

    Ha Ha Ha I saw this on the news today.

  7. malcreant
    September 26th, 2008 at 6:39 pm

    Perfect for skateboarders who use magnetic harpoons to get through traffic.

  8. Neatoramawontsendmeapassword
    September 27th, 2008 at 10:26 pm

    They also need to wear those little necklaces with the help button for when they've fallen and they can't get up!


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