Wheelchairs

The Wheelchair of the Future Is Like a Bicycle Rowboat

The problem with current wheelchairs? They’re not versatile enough for developing countries’ unpaved roads, steep hillsides and generally handicap unfriendly buildings. Enter the Leveraged Freedom Chair, a more powerful wheelchair controlled by levers that moves like a mountain bike. The LFC is made entirely from bike parts and works similarly to a mountain bike. The…

Tech News Casey Chan Feb 8

Man Told His All-Terrain Wheelchair Can’t Be Used as It Resembles a Tank

Jim Starr’s wheelchair may be able to transport him across snow, sand and surf (and probably even the surface of the moon), but he won’t be wheelin’ it on British roads any longer because it’s been classed as a tank. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency told the 36-year-old, who uses wheelchairs because of arthritis,…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jan 21

Life’s like a road that you travel on

With all the product announcements, press conferences, events and exhibits to cover at CES, we almost missed the most important item of the day. Almost. A meme has achieved perfection. [VideoGum via Twitter]

Tech News John Herrman Jan 7

There Has to Be a Quicker Way to Get Around the UAE, Right?

I’m sure many are impressed by this UAE inventor who’s about to travel 200 miles across the desert in a solar-powered wheelchair. Me? Nah. When he straps a 1000 MPH rocket on the back of that, then I’ll be impressed. https://gizmodo.com/this-car-will-run-at-1-000mph-5411815 OK, OK. Fine. Travelling at 12 MPH across all seven emirates and breaking obscure…

Tech News Adrian Covert Nov 23

Why have a wheelchair when you could have ED-209?

This fuRo Core personal transport from the Chiba Institute of Technology is 6’6″ and 507 lbs. Core developer Takayuki Furuta suffered from spinal cord disease when he was younger and was inspired by Astro Boy to study robotics. This Core can carry up to 220 lbs. and resembles everyone’s favorite police enforcement mecha, ED-209. You…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Sep 20

This Wheelchair Is Perpetually Creeping Up On You

Over at Japan’s Saitama University, researchers are developing a wheelchair that can automatically follow the person walking in front of it, using a system of cameras to lock on to the individual’s shoulders, whether they like it or not. [CrunchGear]

Health Kyle VanHemert Aug 12

Rex Bionics Has The Technology

This is Rex. Not the man, he’s called Hayden—Rex is short for Robotic Exoskeleton, and it’s the name of the robotic pants Hayden’s wearing. Robotic pants that let him walk for the first time in five years. There are a couple of minor issues with Rex in its current form—it moves very, very slowly, with…

Tech News Gary Cutlack Jul 15

Professor X Chair Dispenses Vodka, Announces Presence with Arduino Sounds and Smoke

This fully-functional wheelchair comes complete with, well, everything I could possibly think of that’s necessary for something to be called a Steampunk Professor X chair. Vodka cranberry dispenser? Yes. Booming Arduino/Adafruit sound effects? Sure! Working smokestack? Why, yes! Better still, there’s video of the creator tooling around a model railroad museum, confusing and fascinating bystanders…

Tech News Jack Loftus Mar 7

Wheelchair Blitzkrieg

The Zenith wheelchair, a design by the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Alberta, is fit with tank-like treads to climb up stairs under the user’s own power. The treaded design combines with strong, lightweight tech like an aluminum back frame and a Herman Miller-inspired carbon fiber seat to create a beastly machine that’s…

Tech News Mark Wilson Mar 3

Toyota Scientists Succeed in Thought-Controlled Wheelchair

Sure, brain wave-controlled robots, music, cell-phones, and games give us tech lust, but Toyota’s announcement that it’s developed a way to control a wheel chair—without the need for movement or voice—fills me with equal amounts of awesome. https://gizmodo.com/honda-asimo-creators-turning-your-brain-into-the-ultima-5191515 Seeing technology applied in a field that has the potential to help so many makes for a…

Tech News Danny Allen Jun 29

H-ergo Wheelchair: Fuel Cells Aren’t Just For Young Whippersnappers

Even the Scooter Store demographic is getting greener these days. The four-wheeled H-ergo was designed by a coalition of companies in Italy with a hydrogen fuel cell for up to 2 hours of clean running. It’s not fast: 20km/h is what, like 13mph? So, slower than most sprinters and many joggers. And its two 800-watt…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Apr 22

Ben Heck’s Blow-Powered Kick Pedal Lets People in Wheelchairs Enjoy Guitar Hero 4

Super-modder Ben Heck has used his powers for good. Again! This time, he’s helping the wheelchair-bound enjoy Guitar Hero 4‘s drums by using a blow-tube to operate the kick pedal. https://gizmodo.com/one-handed-xbox-360-controller-take-2-368650 Heck took apart the kick pedal that came with GH4’s drum set and used the piezoelectric switch in it, McGuyvered it into a little…

Tech News Elaine Chow Mar 4

Wiimote Wheelchair Helps Disabled People Paint (Roughly Speaking)

Digital Wheel Art, a wheelchair painting program to help disabled people make art, was on display at the Maker Faire event in NYC tonight. Creator YoungHyun Chung was inspired to create the device after seeing children with cerebral palsy whose limited movement stifled their artistic expression. Here’s how it works, plus a video of the…

Tech News Benny Goldman Jun 5

Robotic Wheelchair Uses Lasers to Dock Like a Spaceship

A robotic wheelchair that loads itself into its owner’s car using the same principles as a spaceship does when docking, has been developed by a team from Pennsylvania. An on-board computer uses LIDAR, or light detecting and ranging, to position the chair when it is loaded into a vehicle—exactly the same technique used by the…

Gadgets AddyDugdale Apr 30

Wheelchair Backflip Makes Truck Backflip Seem Less ‘Extreme’

While recently a daredevil was forced to cancel a backflip in a truck because he broke his back doing some practice runs, this daredevil already has a broken back. Aaron Fotheringham was born partially paralyzed from the waist down. I guess he figured risking being fully paralyzed from the waist down wasn’t all that big…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Jan 4

Mind Controlled Wheelchair

This prototype mind-controlled wheelchair developed from the University of Electro-Communications in Japan lets you feel like half Professor X and half Stephen Hawking—except with the theoretical physics skills of the former and the telekinetic skills of the latter. A little different from the Brain-Computer Typing machine we saw a while back, this thing works by…

Gadgets Jason Chen Aug 11

TREKINETIC Wheelchairs

Wow. Now that is some nice design. These TREKINETIC wheelchairs are built for off-road and city riding and include shock absorbers and high-performance brakes. Plus, they’re completely foldable and look way cooler than the metal monstrosities we’ve seen up until now. The page has reached its bandwidth quota, unfortunately, but MedGadget has most of the…

Gadgets John Biggs Jun 23

TankChair

Can I get a “Yeah?” Look at this thing—it’s a wheelchair tank designed for all-terrain use. We think the story says it all: My wife, five kids and I were in a cabin in the woods. To our surprise a herd of elk came walking through our camp. My kids, having never seen an elk…

Gadgets Johnb Apr 19

iBOT Mobility System

Independence Technology has released the iBOT 4000 Mobility System. This is the techiest wheelchair around. The sheer density of computers, software, sensors and gyroscopes could probably send a man to the moon and make me some toast at the same time. The electronics ensure stability at all times and this allow for the wheel chair…

Tech News Travis Hudson Aug 17

The Wheelchair of the Future Is Like a Bicycle Rowboat

Man Told His All-Terrain Wheelchair Can’t Be Used as It Resembles a Tank

Life’s like a road that you travel on

There Has to Be a Quicker Way to Get Around the UAE, Right?

Why have a wheelchair when you could have ED-209?

This Wheelchair Is Perpetually Creeping Up On You

Rex Bionics Has The Technology

Professor X Chair Dispenses Vodka, Announces Presence with Arduino Sounds and Smoke

Wheelchair Blitzkrieg

Toyota Scientists Succeed in Thought-Controlled Wheelchair

H-ergo Wheelchair: Fuel Cells Aren’t Just For Young Whippersnappers

Ben Heck’s Blow-Powered Kick Pedal Lets People in Wheelchairs Enjoy Guitar Hero 4

Wiimote Wheelchair Helps Disabled People Paint (Roughly Speaking)

Robotic Wheelchair Uses Lasers to Dock Like a Spaceship

Wheelchair Backflip Makes Truck Backflip Seem Less ‘Extreme’

Mind Controlled Wheelchair

TREKINETIC Wheelchairs

TankChair

iBOT Mobility System

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