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Inside MIT AgeLab – how does the Agnes ageing suit work?

By Will Pavia
The Times·
19 mins to read
Inside MIT AgeLab – how does the Agnes ageing suit work?
Inside MIT AgeLab – how does the Agnes ageing suit work?

The goggles dim your eyesight, the weights imitate muscle loss, the shoes make you feel like you might trip. When Will Pavia, 40, tries out an ageing suit, he has a new perspective on being elderly. And that's the point, says its inventor, Joseph Coughlin.

My head cranes forward and

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