Conventional mechanical knee-braces can restrict movement and make the leg weaker. What if, thought a Chinese-born inventor, AI could inflate mini-airbags around the knee within milliseconds of a knock or a fall?
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00:00So my early childhood is always about sports initially, actually, I was born and raised in
00:06China mainland. My goal was literally to become the next, you know, Jeremy Lin in the NBA and
00:12playing more professional level of the basketball games. And, you know, when I first moved to
00:19America when I was 16 years old, and I was because of basketball, and I wanted to really, really
00:26immerse myself into that culture, and, you know, get better opportunity for myself.
00:33But, you know, injury happened, and then things changed. And it completely changed my life course.
00:42So that really set the tone for me to have the inspiration of starting my current company,
00:48which is to really help athletes like myself. I think so in a sense, what we're creating is
00:55the world's first AI empowered airbags for people's knees to prevent ACL, MCL and meniscus
01:04ruptures, major knee injuries that is killing hundreds of millions people's career and normal
01:11life. Well, so number one, we build our device in a very comfortable way. So typical brace or
01:16typical sleeve, they're very bulky. And if you wear them in a game or in a practice,
01:22they hinder your muscle movements, and they prevent you from 100% doing the doing the sports
01:30that you're enjoying. And they also doesn't necessarily don't necessarily guarantee that
01:36you won't get injured or they wouldn't have a significant impact toward your risk of getting
01:40yourself into ACL tear. So for us, we get rid of this traditional bracing technology like metal
01:47part fixation, plastic bandages, we replace all of them through a very innovative airbag and smart
01:54material system. And that's why we can reduce the weight by one fourth. And even we can get it down
02:00to 70 to 80 grams in a couple months. So it's really gonna feel like nothing when you're when
02:06you're wearing them on your knee, we believe I believe that nobody has to, you know, deserve to
02:12go through such a devastating injury, and not let alone letting injuries dictate your career choice.