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Students making 'cars' help people with disabilities move freely
A group of students has developed a solar-powered tricycle, which enables people with disabilities to travel long distances without any assistance.
Wheelchair
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The wheelchair works 'paradoxically' but has many health benefits
Instead of pushing forward like other wheelchairs, the user must push to the opposite direction for the car to move forward.
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Wheelchair self-balancing, no need to use hand to control
Instead of using the hand to create movement, Ogo users will move their bodies to order 2 wheels. This is a new idea by New Zealand designer Kevin Halsall, and is inspir…
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Wheelchairs controlled by thinking experiment successfully in monkeys
Scientists have created a wheelchair that can only be controlled by thinking and they have implanted a control device into the monkey's brain to
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Electric wheelchair climbing stairs
The wheelchair is made by a group of Swiss students to help people with disabilities move well on uphill and rough terrain, such as stairs.
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3D pushchair for disabled two legs
3D printers that can be made to replace people with disabilities and animals are no exception.
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High-tech wheelchairs The Whill is ready for commercialization
Electric wheelchair The Whill was developed by a group of engineers from Japan promising to bring the occupants a high-quality personal transport, safe and comfortable.
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Solar energy wheelchairs
The University of Virginia's solar-powered wheelchair (NL) design has just won the first prize in the Change My Life in One Minute contest.
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Wheelchairs have 'legs' crossing obstacles
The Chiba Technology Institute in Tokyo (Japan) invented a new wheelchair
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The device controls the computer by eye
For only $ 30 / set, the GT3D device helps paralyzed people to control the computer by eye. Biomedical engineers at Imperial College (London) have developed a new comput…
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Electric wheelchairs
Community Cars in Texas invented an electric car called the Kenguru, for people with disabilities in wheelchairs. Kenguru looks externally compact as other 4-wheel elect…
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Wheelchair control wheel
Persons with spinal cord injuries who have paralysis may still be able to control the wheelchair if the tongue is still moving.
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Unique electric car one wheel
Ryno is a one-size-fits-all-wheel-drive electric vehicle, designed to travel, be safe and extremely easy to handle, fast and flexible.
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Control your wheelchair with ... tongue
US specialists are testing a tongue that allows the paralyzed to drive wheelchairs in all directions.
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Mitsubishi Electric coming out the elevator with voice
Voice-activated lift technology to assist wheelchair users and visually impaired people unable to lift the elevator keypad.