Like a Weeble toy mates with a basketball player, the Balance Stick won?t fall down. You can hobble along, pause to buy a pack of cigarettes or a fifth of scotch and just let go of the stick. It will stay beside you, upright and waiting obediently by your side, slightly wagging its handle until you grab it and resume your journey.
I?m almost four months into a period of walking on crutches, and finding a place to prop a crutch or stick when you stop to do something is a real pain. My crutches have a cuff that holds my forearm so I can let go of the handle and it stays there. With this I can, say, take photos at a mobile phone conference, but the crutches still dangle and get in the way. And a walking stick doesn?t even have a cuff.
The design, by Cheng-Tsung Feng, has won an IF Concept award. Here it is on Chinese TV:
As the base doesn?t move or roll, the stick must use a passive balance system, commonly known as a ?heavy weight?. And this might make it useless for some weaker non-walkers. I?m in, though. I?m almost ready to go onto one crutch in the outside world (not for my balance, but to whack careless kids who kick their footballs too close as I pass). This stick is way more stylish.
Balance Stick [Cheng-Tsung Feng via Yanko]
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