Science: Health: Walking Aid
Fly Wheel Cane   (+2)  [vote for, against]
Gyroscopic Cane

This is a walking cane with a weighted spinning thing coming off it so you can spin it in rhythm while you walk. You could then generate energy and power the sound system.
-- JesusHChrist, Aug 18 2017

Picture of an Umbrellascope http://netfreedombl...7/08/blog-post.html
[JesusHChrist, Aug 18 2017]

Oh.

I figured this would assist with balance.
-- normzone, Aug 18 2017


If you have really good rhythm and dexterity but really bad ballance then it would help with your balance.
-- JesusHChrist, Aug 18 2017


Fidget spinners for geezers...
-- RayfordSteele, Aug 18 2017


I think a hamster wheel cane would be more fun.
-- MaxwellBuchanan, Aug 21 2017


A geezer wheel? Aren't those called treadmills?
-- Voice, Aug 21 2017


If the cane had two opposed flywheels, and you plugged it in a night to spin them up, the cane could stand there by itself. Maybe even do like [norm] said and assist balance.
-- 2 fries shy of a happy meal, Aug 21 2017


Put a wheel on the end, and push it ahead as you stroll along.
-- farble, Aug 23 2017


The reason why this is cool is that all of the lopsided spinners on people's umbrellas would get into the rhythm of all of the different people's gaits who were carying them on their way to and from work. As you hold an umbrella and walk the tip describes an interesting, swirly, repetitive path through the air and the lopsided spinner adapts from the device to the path through the air.
-- JesusHChrist, Aug 23 2017


So they should have LED lights! flashing! in different colors! Like fireflies on a summer night!
-- farble, Aug 23 2017



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