• Maalus@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    You basically found it. They relieve pressure on the joints, in addition to locking certain angles that hurt. Springs would essentially do the same thing, but more dangerous.

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      9 months ago

      Helping upward movement is the whole point of the contraption, but thanks, I’ll probably buy some of these and strong springs to do some tests.

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        9 months ago

        Springs are some of the most dangerous things in engineering, especially strong ones. There is a reason why you don’t fuck with the garage door. Anything happens - the person falls over, a bicycle hits them, etc - and it’s a tragedy waiting to happen

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          8 months ago

          This is how engineers die:

          In 1940, at the age of 51, Midgley contracted polio and was left severely disabled. He devised an elaborate system of ropes and pulleys to lift himself out of bed. On November 2, 1944, at the age of 55, he was found dead at his home in Worthington, Ohio. He had been killed by his own device after he became entangled in it and died of strangulation.

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley_Jr.

          Safety? What’s that?

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            8 months ago

            Considering that he also invented leaded gas and freon it’s almost more like his bad inventions finally caught him personally

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        8 months ago

        Not to discourage creativity, but I think there was a whole documentary about how bad an idea spring loaded exoskeletons are. Five Nights at Freddy’s or something like that?