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YOU NORMALLY THINK OF
TECHNOLOGY AS SOMETHING THAT
WILL HELP US GET HEALTHIER,
SMARTER, MAYBE EVEN FASTER.
SO WHY WOULD SOMEBODY
DEVELOP TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE US
SLOWER AND FEEL OLDER?
THAT'S WHAT CBS 2'S DR. MAX
GOMEZ WANTED TO FIND OUT AND
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE WHAT HE
LEARNED.
Reporter: WELCOME TO NEW
YORK, WE WALK FASTER TALK
FAST, GET A LOT DONE!
WE ARE JUST A MORE IMPATIENT
LOT WHICH IS HARD WHEN WE COME
UPON SOME OF OUR OLDER SLOWER
NEIGHBORS.
THEY CUT YOU OFF EVERY TIME
I TRY TO GO AROUND THEM.
Reporter: IT'S HARD TO
IDENTIFY WITH AGING IF YOU
HAVEN'T WALKED IN AN OLDER
PERSON'S SHOES SO I DID THAT
TODAY WITH HELP OF AMAZING
TECHNOLOGY.
IT'S GOING TO AFFECT YOUR
VISION.
Reporter: IT'S AN
EXOSKELETON SUIT OF ROBOTIC
TECHNOLOGY A $2 MILLION
COLLABORATION BETWEEN JEN
WORTH FINANCIAL AND ROBOTIC
DESIGNER APPLIED MINDS.
THE IDEA IS TO GIVE ME A FEEL
FOR WHAT IT'S LIKE TO
EXPERIENCE VARIOUS MALADIES OF
AGING.
THE TRAVELING INTERACTIVE
EXPERIENCE IS CURRENTLY AT THE
LIBERTY SCIENCE CENTER.
IN OUR SOCIETY IT'S HARD TO
TALK ABOUT AGING.
IT'S HARD FOR PARENTS TO TALK
TO THEIR KIDS ABOUT IT AND
KIDS TO THEIR PARENTS.
SO IT'S WHO TEN SPARK A
DIALOGUE.
Reporter: FIRST, THEY
IMPAIR MY VISION WITH WHAT
IT'S LIKE TO HAVE GLAUCOMA OR
MACULAR DEGENERATION.
PRETTY DISABLING.
THEN COMES A PHYSICALLY
DEMANDING PART.
THE BLUE LIGHTS ON THE
EXOSKELETON TURN RED TO SHOW
THE JOINTS THAT ARE GETTING
STIFF.
IT'S I GUESS SORT OF LIKE
TRYING TO MOVE YOUR ARMS
THROUGH PEANUT BUTTER.
THEN THEY PUT ME ON A
TREADMILL A HEART RATE MONITOR
SHOWING HOW HARD I WORK AS THE
CONTROLLER STIFFENS MY
HISPANIC OR KNEES.
WATCH THE LIGHTS TURN READ
FIRST ON BOTH LEGS THEN ONE AT
A TIME.
WE HOPE THIS ENCOURAGES
PATIENCE.
THAT SORT OF IMPATIENCE THAT
COMES WITH YOUTH IS MAYBE A
LITTLE MISPLACED BECAUSE THE
PERSON WALKING NEXT TO YOU
MIGHT BE WORKING A LOT HARDER
THAN YOU REALIZE.
Reporter: NOW, THAT JEN
WORTH AGING EXPERIENCE WILL BE
AT THE LIBERTY SCIENCE CENTER
THROUGH SUNDAY.
IF YOU GO YOU MIGHT GET PICKED
TO WEAR THE SUIT BUT AT THE
VERY LEAST, THE FOLKS WATCHING
ME GOT A TASTE OF WHAT AGING
WILL BE LIKE AS WELL AS I GOT
THE TASTE, AS WELL.
WHAT DID YOU THINK?
THEY SAY AGE SOMETHING NOT FOR
SISSIES.
NO.
WHAT'S COOL IS THIS TECHNOLOGY
CAN HELP PARAPLEGICS WALK
AGAIN THAT SORT OF THINGS WITH
EXOSKELETONS.
THEY CAN BE USED -- IT'S
ALREADY BEING USED IN JAPAN TO
HELP BAGGAGE HANDLERS BE
STRONGER AND BE ABLE TO CARRY
MORE STUFF.
IT'S LIKE IRONMAN WHERE --
I WAS GOING TO SAY.
YOU LOOKED LIKE IRONMAN THERE.
AUGMENTS REALITY IN YOUR