Post #1136724 · Elektrine

@kaiiak As someone with cerebral palsy, some serious balance problems, a history of nasty tripping accidents and life-longe love with dinosaurs: HELL YES TAKE MY MONEY

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@naima@meow.social 2026-04-13 11:04

@kaiiak i have trouble balancing now... can i have one?

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@Krazov@mstdn.social 2026-04-13 11:05

@kaiiak Aye!

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@cinnamon@mk.absturztau.be 2026-04-13 11:29

@kaiiak@madverse.city Is that device also useful to make roller skate backwards fallings softer? :neocat_pleading_reach:

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@tiredbun@akko.wtf 2026-04-13 11:31

@kaiiak That looks pretty similar to astronaut tail concept (mechanical tail to position yourself in zero gravity, though it was designer student concept, so I am not sure if it would be effective)

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@notthatdelta@furry.engineer 2026-04-13 11:39

@kaiiak In a heartbeat, and I'd never take it off!

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@kit@m.tripulse.link 2026-04-13 11:48

@kaiiak@madverse.city without hesitation, but for two reasons 1: tail 2: I could actually use this for its intended purpose and quit using a cane

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@luistrenado@frikiverse.zone 2026-04-13 11:56

@kaiiak Jonah J. Jameson and Mac Gargan approve this.

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@pyrus@dragonchat.org 2026-04-13 12:09

@kaiiak I'll take 3

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@earsmeardius@mastodon.social 2026-04-13 12:22

@kaiiak Furries have entered the chat.

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@dad@mastodon.mim-libre.fr 2026-04-13 12:51

@kaiiak a must have for many furries :yay:

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@curemaple@meow.lgbt 2026-04-13 13:26

@kaiiak wait that looks like that tail from that one early 2000's robot dino toy

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@dasgrueneblatt@wien.rocks 2026-04-13 15:24

@kaiiak Oh yes! Unfortunately, it's still a prototype that's rather different from the picture.

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@catraxx@tech.lgbt 2026-04-13 15:58

@kaiiak yes

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@Pinchy63@ottawa.place 2026-04-13 16:06

@kaiiak Take my money!!!

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@zetasyanthis@dragon.style 2026-04-13 16:06

@kaiiak I expect wings to be created for the same purpose!

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@ClaireH@blahaj.zone 2026-04-13 16:10

@kaiiak@madverse.city If anyone's wondering where this is from: https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3306214.3338573 (no i dont know why it bubbled into science journalism in 2026)

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@BenHM3@saint-paul.us 2026-04-13 16:10

@kaiiak Hell yes AND add a taser-tip. Or flashing LED panels for each segment.

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@Urban_Hermit@mstdn.social 2026-04-13 16:16

@kaiiak A.) yes if it worked, B.) it better have a curled up mode for the bus, because if you are elderly enough for this you probably aren't driving. And I would think this would be impossible with a car. Possible but weird with a bike, but if it helped enough for the elderly to ride, go for it. The number of years between elderly enough to need a tail and too elderly to carry its weight? So like, 7 years? Nope, nobody is wearing this unless they really wanted to for none medical reasons.

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@macronencer@mastodon.scot 2026-04-13 17:24

@kaiiak If it comes with the complete velociraptor suit, absolutely.

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@number6@fosstodon.org 2026-04-13 17:32

@kaiiak It requires power which requires weight (batteries) which means it probably wouldn't actually be good for the elderly. Also, inside a home, it would be constantly knocking things over. But I'm wondering if runners could run faster if they could lean forward more ... which they could do if they had a tail. Hello Olympics?

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@Nine@chitter.xyz 2026-04-13 21:24

@kaiiak I mean yeah if it was real. free tail.

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@CorioPsicologia@mastodon.social 2026-04-13 21:31

@kaiiak I will give one to my grandpa. Will be Grandzilla

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@ozzelot@mstdn.social 2026-04-13 21:31

@kaiiak Hell yeah! Balance!

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@fourmiune@mastodon.world 2026-04-13 21:38

@kaiiak #Transrobot