{"id":161418,"date":"2023-04-01T18:22:44","date_gmt":"2023-04-01T23:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/kickstarter-exoskeleton-claims-it-gives-wearer-superhuman-abilities"},"modified":"2023-04-01T18:22:44","modified_gmt":"2023-04-01T23:22:44","slug":"kickstarter-exoskeleton-claims-it-gives-wearer-superhuman-abilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/kickstarter-exoskeleton-claims-it-gives-wearer-superhuman-abilities","title":{"rendered":"Kickstarter Exoskeleton Claims It Gives Wearer Superhuman Abilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/kickstarter-exoskeleton-claims-it-gives-wearer-superhuman-abilities2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another week, another exoskeleton on Kickstarter.<\/p>\n<p>A Shanghai-based startup called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/hypershell\/one-horsepower-ai-exoskeleton-powers-your-everyday-adventure-0?ref=ej72wz\" class=\"\">Hypershell<\/a><strong> <\/strong>is trying its luck with an AI-powered exoskeleton that promises to take a big load off the next time you\u2019re on a hike or run \u2014 and they say it\u2019s even small enough to fit inside a backpack.<\/p>\n<p>But the jury is still out on whether it\u2019s anything more than a sci-fi-looking fashion accessory. To anyone thinking of backing, all the usual caveats about crowdfunding apply \u2014 it might not work at all, nevermind well, and it\u2019s not uncommon to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geekwire.com\/2019\/coolest-cooler-shuts-5-year-saga-leaving-20000-backers-without-kickstarter-reward\/\" class=\"\">receive nothing at all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another week, another exoskeleton on Kickstarter. A Shanghai-based startup called Hypershell is trying its luck with an AI-powered exoskeleton that promises to take a big load off the next time you\u2019re on a hike or run \u2014 and they say it\u2019s even small enough to fit inside a backpack. But the jury is still out [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":413,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1499],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cyborgs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/413"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161418\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}