Considering my previous comments about these (and the earlier thread as a whole), I’m fairly impressed they’ve found a use case which has the smooth, level floors needed for this to work well.
That said, given how poorly warehouse workers are treated, this application seems like it will only exacerbate demands upon workers, driving them harder and for longer hours. I’m left wondering why it’s the case that warehouses cannot just rearrange their operations so that workers don’t have to walk as far, thereby forestalling the need for walking enhancement altogether.
Brand new warehouses are probably good for this. What about the warehouse that has been around for 50+ years with cracks and settled concrete everywhere. It’s like Google Glass: an innovation with no real world problem to solve.
Put in those human conveyor belts like they have at airports.
Gonna repress my initial cynicism and legitimately ask what this solves that the scooters already present in many warehouses don’t?
This ups the silly quotient exponentially! Just imagine all the workers moonwalking all over the place.
A far better answer than I was expecting
And they’re powered by strap-ons!
Moonwalkers
Moonwalking is a Micheal Jackson dance move. These are roller skates.
Drew Gooden did a pretty entertaining review of the moonwalkers: https://youtu.be/_9Z05Ik5r2U
Wow, someone found a semipractical use for these!
Each one will be conveniently engraved with the number of a local workers’ compensation lawyer.
Nah, they’ll have a number for corporate arbitration with a warning that tries to scare people away from litigation.
So… Fisher-Price skates, but more expensive.
A solution in search of a problem…
