Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Cross a wheelchair with a Segway scooter and you get an intuitive, hands-free wheelchair that promises new levels of freedom for paraplegics.


Working to help a friend who was paralyzed in a skiing accident, engineer Kevin Halsall spent four years modifying a Segway to become a wheelchair. The user simply leans in the direction they want to go — no need for even a joy-stick to make it move.

The two powered wheels can be changed quickly for all-terrain tires, allowing a user to race down a sandy beach at 12 mph — the average adult running speed or twice as fast as most people jog.


http://ogotechnology.com/  via  http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/you-simply-lean-to-tell-this-hands-free-wheelchair-where-to-go/

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