When Mike Spindle set out to design a new type of wheelchair he didn't play by the same old boring design rules, he made his own and the result was the excellent Trekinetic K2 all-terrain wheelchair. We've talked about the trekinetic before, and it made the #5 spot in our list of the best manual off-road wheelchairs, if you didn't already know, it looks pretty sweet too:
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Made almost completely from spare bike parts, and even some old pieces of wood, the wheelchair is designed to try and conquer the two main hurdles for mobility in Africa and other developing nations; rough terrain and cost.
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Argo Medical Technologies is an Israeli company who have developed a working exoskeleton for wheelchair users. The suit (which is actually designed by a quadriplegic, we didn't know Tony Stark had been injured) uses the normal array of onboard computers, motors and batteries to allow a wheelchair user to walk. Movement is controlled by upper body movement and the user still has to rely on crutches for support and extra balance, but it seems to be a pretty impressive set-up.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
The home page of Lasher Sport, makers of some of the sexiest wheelchairs in the world, has been updated with some teasing information on a new All-Terrain wheelchair from the Alaskan based firm.
Saturday, July 26, 2008
So you want to get out on the rock face and maybe even try climbing El Capitan, rock climbing for paraplegics and quadriplegics with good upper body strength isn't impossible but you will need some slightly modified equipment to make thing go smoothly.
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Using a standard electric drill as a motor and means of propulsion they built a transfer unit that easily bolts onto any manual wheelchair and lets you get your freak on without the added noise of a petrol engine. With speeds of between 3 and 12 mph from using that drill you got 3 years ago but have never taken out of the box.
Monday, June 30, 2008
We need to invade Germany again, seriously. It's obvious that they are planning to overtake the world via advanced engineering and a few battalions of wheelchair warriors carried across the battlefield by all-terrain, electric hybrid wheelchairs armed with lasers.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
You may of noticed the little Flickr RSS feed in the sidebar, well this displays random photo's from our group on Flickr and we want you to join us in showing how you push the limits in a wheelchair.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
It's not even a concept so dont get too excited, but even though it's nothing more than a crazy photoshop dream, it's still gone straight to the top of our wheelchair wish list.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Getting in the mud, snow or rough terrain is normally where the best fun is to be had, unfortunately most wheelchairs just cant cope with much more than a couple of mole hills. That sucks because we like moles and dont think they should be blamed for making huge parts of the world inaccessible to [...]
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
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