I searched the specs on the battery, and the same exact battery with leads already soldered to it came up from quite a few different sources. Some of them had a small white 2-pin connector, I’m not sure if it would be compatible with the green one that is on the battery in the article, but it would be an easy fix for somebody into electronics (even with parts and tools off Amazon, if not DigiKey or something). All that said, it’s still bullshit the company is still around but isn’t supporting a 10 year old $100,000 mobility device relied on by someone who is disabled. The headline makes it sound like he’s screwed though, and that’s hardly the case. This is an easy fix.
Deceptichum@quokk.au 1 month ago
As its paywalled I can’t see the article and any pictures clearer, but from the image shown isn’t that those tiny battery packs you can use for RC drones etc? Because those things are dirty fucking cheap, I would be furious if that was a $100,000 charge.
ensoniqthehedgehog@lemm.ee 1 month ago
nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
I think the entire exoskeleton is $100k not the battery.