Gregory's ServerA jockey who is paralyzed from the waist down lost his ability to walk after a small battery for his $100,000 exoskeleton broke and the manufacturer refused to fix it because it was more than 5 years old
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A jockey who is paralyzed from the waist down lost his ability to walk after a small battery for his $100,000 exoskeleton broke and the manufacturer refused to fix it because it was more than 5 years old 2 comments
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This is the dystopia we live in. Companies stop servicing products or go out of business and people lose the ability to walk. Right to repair laws fix this. After widespread outrage and reporting by media in the horse industry, he was able to get it fixed after two months. Medical device manufacturers have been among the worst in lobbying against right to repair laws, and have used fearmongering to do so