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Laziness or Genius – Honda’s Walking Assist

The world of Honda Innovations is a fascinating place. I recently came across this new invention and I had to really look twice to even accept that such an idea was thought up by somebody.

At first I looked at it and thought, this is the world getting lazier by day. Surely we don’t need a machine to help us walk around; I thought we had the whole walking thing mastered centuries ago. The device didn’t look very attractive either and I couldn’t imagine seeing people walking around with a machine strapped to their legs.

I thought I’d give the idea a chance and read further into the Walking Assist section on the Honda website. They claim this is a device to help people perform physically demanding activities, by making the body weight seem lighter. Effectively it helps reduce the load off your legs, while climbing up stairs, which apparently helps reduce fatigue and physical exertion.

I suppose I can see the benefits of Honda’s Walking Assist, especially for people who are physically weaker. But I just imagine the future where people are too lazy to walk and use something like the Honda Walk Assist as another method of becoming lazier.

Check out Honda’s walk assist website http://corporate.honda.com/innovation/walk-assist/

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