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    Wearable airbag for the elderly unveiled

    A JAPANESE company today unveiled a wearable airbag for the elderly that pops out when they fall.

    The 1.1kg airbag looks like a traveller's waist pouch but inflates in one-tenth of a second when sensors detect the wearer has taken a tumble.

    The Tokyo-based company, Prop, unveiled the ¥<148,000 ($1685) device at a fair of products for the elderly and people with disabilities.

    It protects the back of the head and the buttocks with two inflated bags that contain 15 litres of gas each.

    Elderly people are more prone to injury when they fall due to their brittle bones.

    Japan has one of the world's highest life expectancy rates, which is attributed to a mix of factors including a traditional healthy diet with plenty of vegetables.

    People aged 65 or older accounted for 21.5 per cent of the total population of 127 million last year, according to the Government.

    More than 36,000 people are aged over 100.

    But Japan is facing growing costs of caring for its elderly since fewer young people are having children.



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    I sore this on the news last night, fukin gold.

    I see that little kid whos mum wouldnt let him play rugby being made to wear this at school

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    too bad they will forget to put it on............just have them live in moon walks.
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    where have you been lex??

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    hahaha thats great, and i like the moon walk idea also

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