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Joseph Nebus

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Sep 24, 2008, 11:43:05 PM9/24/08
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It sure feels like something Joel might have presented to
the Mads:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7633989.stm
People's airbag 'prevents injury'

A Japanese company says it has made an airbag designed
to stop elderly people injuring themselves by falling over.

The device is strapped around the body and inflates in
0.1 seconds if it detects it is accelerating towards the ground,
the manufacturers say.


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Rick Thorne

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Oct 15, 2008, 12:57:16 AM10/15/08
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Joseph Nebus wrote:

>                 The device is strapped around the body and inflates in
>         0.1 seconds if it detects it is accelerating towards the ground,
>         the manufacturers say.

That would potentially make stadium human wave moments youtube-worthy.

Rick

Doug Elrod

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Oct 15, 2008, 2:43:10 PM10/15/08
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On Sep 24, 10:43 pm, nebu...@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus) wrote:
> It sure feels like something Joel might have presented to
> the Mads:
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7633989.stm
> People's airbag 'prevents injury'
>
> A Japanese company says it has made an airbag designed
> to stop elderly people injuring themselves by falling over.
>
> The device is strapped around the body and inflates in
> 0.1 seconds if it detects it is accelerating towards the ground,
> the manufacturers say.

Maybe it could help prevent embarassing gun-descents, say by
"Mitchell"....

-Doug Elrod (dr...@cornell.edu) ;-)
Of course, he'd probably strap them to all his Schlitz!

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