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Air bags for the Elderly

Posted On September 24, 2008 | Filed Under WTF 

In a “why the hell didn’t I think of that”, someone in Japan invents an air bag for the elderly. Problem is, it only protects you if you happen to fall backwards. I don’t know about you, but when my Dad was alive, I had never once seen him fall backward. It was more of a teeter-toter moment with a hold on, here I go dive forward.

I think what would be a good idea would be to have the air bags inflate with such force that they propel the wearer back into an upright position. However, that would take some calculation on the force since some wearers may find themselves rebounding to only be falling in the opposite direction.

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