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Stride Augmentation Devices
With No Wheels
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Airhoppers
The pneumatic tube on the back of the Airhopper Sport
Shoe contracts like a muscle, sending you sky-high -- or
at least a few feet.
Another item that's literally popping out of
industrial labs is Festo's Airhopper sport
shoe. This German manufacturer usually
creates devices that only an engineer could
love -- pneumatic tubes and other components
for assembly lines. But someone forgot to
give the design department their medication,
and out came a shoe that'll make you bounce
like a superhero.
The pneumatic tube on the back powers the
Airhopper. But even with their aluminum frames,
the Airhoppers weigh close to 50 pounds.
John B. Carnett
PopSci.com
Festo.com
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Poweriser
Bionic leg stilts
Strap a pair of these on and jump 6 feet in the air
and take 9 foot running strides! They basically add a
huge Achilles Tendon to your leg...every time you take
a stride/jump you store more energy in the spring --
launching you further each time. Just like gaining
more and more height on a trampoline.
Poweriser Europe
Kinetics-Online.co.uk
SuperDairyBoy.com
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