Japan Honda Motor, known not only for its automobiles and motorcycles, but also numerous developments in the segment of human mobility, recently introduced a device called "Bodyweight Support Assist device".
The device will be presented in the exhibition Why Design Now?, which is arranged every three years, and this time will be held from 1May 14, 2010. on January 9, 2011 at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution in New York.
The device was developed at the research Honda center to ease the burden on the user's feet walking up and down stairs, and if necessary a long time to be in position on bent legs.
Honda device reduces the load on the muscles and ligaments of the feet. He himself is an easy-to-use structure consisting of the seat frame and special shoes.
Honda Bodyweight Support Assist device [Photos, Video]
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