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  "path": "/2026/04/30/wearable-tails-help-elderly-folks-keep-their-balance.html",
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  "textContent": "About 25 million years after our ancestors traded theirs for an upright stance, a research team at Keio University Graduate School of Media Design gave our long-lost tails a comeback tour. The prototype, dubbed Arque, was a meter-long wearable robot designed to help elderly users with balance problems. — Read the rest \n\nThe post Wearable tails help elderly folks keep their balance appeared first on Boing Boing.",
  "title": "Wearable tails help elderly folks keep their balance"
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