Labrador's robotic shelf for people with mobility issues

Re:Labrador's robotic shelf for people with mobility issues by azalemeth on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @06:08AM (#31905974)

I recently injured my spine (a "tiny myelopathy" and a series of larger radiculopathies) and have recently been assessed for a chair I can sit in for >1 hour without being in pain.

It costs (in USD, although I do not live in the US) nearly $2200. I do not believe it costs anything like that much to manufacture. Added together with a desk, arm supports, and table that they recommended and you end up with nearly $10000 in costs.

Someone, somewhere is making a lot of money out of healthcare systems.

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Re:Labrador's robotic shelf for people with mobility issues by Xylakant on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @06:48AM (#31906153)

There’s a pretty cool kids show in Germany (Sendung mit der Maus) and in one of the last sequels they showed how the customized seat padding for a wheelchair is made. And that involves a shit-ton of back and forth, measuring, cnc-cutting, fine tuning, adjusting and all of it mostly one-off manual labor with expensive machiner. I’m certain someone is making money off that, but given the amount of highly specialized labor that went into this, I believe 2200 USD is reasonable.

(If you run the math, that’s roughly 2-3 days of work for an engineer that earns 250k, without even considering all attached costs)

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