The Chiba Institute of Technology in Japan has created a wheelchair robot can use its wheels as “legs” to climb steps.
Tag: wheelchair
SOOOOOOO glad that motorized wheelchairs cannot actually do this. [via]
Jason DaSilva is a filmmaker who was diagnosed with Multiple sclerosis later in his life and because of it lost the use of his legs. He misses the days when he could use his legs and get around NYC easily, and in this video he shows how utterly ridiculous it is for a disabled person [...]
An inspiring talk by Sue Austin about how the wheelchair has increased her ability to enjoy life and live unrestricted by the common perceptions of the wheelchair-bound. The video of her diving in the wheelchair is fantastic!
An interest concept to use levers as the driving force behind an all-terrain wheelchair for 3rd world countries.
Jaleel King was shot by a sawed-off shotgun at the age of 8 by an angry neighbor and has lived his whole life paralyzed from the waist down. He has been going about his life in a wheelchair and has developed quite an eye for photography, eventually making the medium his profession of choice. A [...]
