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Comments: 3 +- Idle: Airbags For the Elderly on Thursday September 25 2008, @12:35PM
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from the I've-fallen-and-bounced-back-up dept.
from the I've-fallen-and-bounced-back-up dept.
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Prop, a Japanese company, has come up with a novel way of protecting the elderly from sudden slips and falls: airbags. The airbags inflate with 15 litres of compressed air in 0.1 seconds if an electric sensor detects a sudden movement towards the ground. However, the airbags only work if you fall backwards, so pushing grandma down the stairs for the inheritance should still work.
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airbags (Score:1, Funny)
you did say you wanted your grandparent blown up right?
Nothing special (Score:3, Funny)