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Control your wheelchair by breathing
Wheelchairs and computer-operated breathing pads allow paralyzed drivers to access the Internet and write emails.
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Goodbye wheelchair
When Hayden Allen suffered a spinal cord injury from a traffic accident, doctors said his legs would permanently paralyze.
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Robot armchair for wheelchair users
Scientists have created a cheap robot arm that can do the job especially to help people in wheelchairs open the door.
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Wheelchairs move by thought
Toyota Motor Corporation said it has developed a wheelchair control method by recognizing brain waves. The user does not need to use muscle, not even uttering his reques…
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Wheelchairs for the disabled
German experts have successfully developed an intelligent aid tool that facilitates the mobility of people with disabilities.
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Equipment to help drive a wheelchair by the tongue
A new device that uses a tiny magnet can help a disabled person re-roll a wheelchair or turn on the computer just by using the tip of the tongue, the American researcher…
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Wheelchairs controlled by ... tongue
Engineers in the United Kingdom and the United States have developed a wheelchair to help people with paralysis of the limbs can be controlled by the tongue. The medium…
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Japan: Wheelchairs for wheelchair users
With aging population, designers are turning to robots that can help older people in their daily activities. One of those inventions was a chair that could control the v…
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Intelligent vehicles for people with disabilities
Scientists at the Aachen University of Technology in Germany have successfully built a high-tech wheelchair that makes it easy for people with severe disabilities to mov…
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Control your wheelchair by thought
A young woman, sitting in a wheelchair, thinks about pulling another wheelchair to the left, then pushing it forward. As a miracle, the car moves in the right order
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Japanese robot wheelchair replacement
A Japanese researcher has succeeded in making robotic legs capable of climbing down stairs, opening up a new era in wheelchair mobility.