It is the Holiday season, and everywhere, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse… except for the human augmentation engineers and innovators who were hard at work merging modern technology with human mobility! Here is all the news from last week (and as always, if we missed anything, please let us know)!

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“Lolbis Engineering” – Building a Powered Exoskeleton in High School: Tools, Constraints, and Iteration

How does exoskeleton technology look from the eyes of a high school student? What are the opportunities, limitations, human-machine interfaces, and how do they go about building things? These are the future ergonomists, engineers, designers, and leaders!

How long are arms raised for a hairdresser in a day?

Personal Take: Imagine a world in which hair professionals, dentists, nurses, and surgeons have occupational exoskeletons! Congratulations to the Hapo team for making inroads.

Who was your favorite Santa with an exoskeleton?

AI Slop, good marketing, or just some fun!? Undeniably, Santa and the elves have a monumental logistics and shipping task ahead of them.

People come in all sizes and shapes.

While meant as an advertisement, it is still a good reminder of how different human morphology can be. In my personal use case, the same consumer exoskeleton has to fit my grandmother and me

Able Human Motion Wins:

1st Place at the EIT Venture Award and 1st Place at the EIT Public Award from the EIT – European Institute of Innovation and Technology

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