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This robotic body suit is called "The HAL" stands for (Hybrid Assistive Limb). The robot suit is going into mass production and will be available in Japan sometime soon for around $4,200.
It has the ability to grant its wearer tenfold strength increases during specific actions. It could very well change the lives of people with degenerative muscle diseases, or accident victims who would otherwise need long, difficult rehabilitative therapy to regain basic mobility. And with a five-hour battery life, it could be quite practical for day to day use.
Products like this exoskeleton have a frustrating tendency to remain in the labs and universities that spawned them, usually for reasons of impracticality or cost. But this one is going mainstream
What I think: I think rich people are going to have RoboCop fantasies with this suit and I'd hope that atleast importance is placed on giving a dystrophic child his legs back, rather then just selling to the mass public.
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