Wearable exoskeleton lets you sit in thin air

Sick of not getting a seat on the train? Now thanks to
the Chairless Chair exoskeleton, you can wear your own

Meet the Chairless Chair, an exoskeleton that attaches
to your legs and lets you sit down, literally, in thin air.

When the aluminium and carbon fibre device is switched,
you can walk around as usual, but when you want to sit,
the device uses battery-powered mechanics to channel
your body weight into the heels of your shoes. All you
have to do is bend your knees to the height you’d like to
sit at, hit a button and, voila, you’re sitting sans chair.

Created by Swiss start-up noonee , the exoskeleton is
still in prototype form and looks pretty chunky, but
developers are working on creating a version so thin you
can wear it inconspicuously under your pants. This
current model weighs around 2 kg and can run at least
eight hours on one charge. There’s no word on price as yet.

For people who sit down all day at a desk the device
might not sound too useful, but it could help those who
are on their feet all day working in factories, warehouses
or kitchens, and who are at risk of muscular and
skeletal health problems.

It’s not all about comfort either - exoskeletons are also
being used to help people with spinal injuries walk , and
in the future this kind of research could translate into
therapeutic benefits for patients with mobility issues.

This post was origenally appeared in Science alert  page