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BT-X Rigid Frame Transformer Wheelchair New From Lasher Sport

Ziggi — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:37:06 +0000

Get a look at the new Lasher Sport BT-X. A manual wheelchair that transforms for use on street, rough terrain, or on a [...]

Leveraged Freedom Wheelchair For Mixed Terrain

Ziggi — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:40:01 +0000

Wheelchair users in developing countries often have very unique needs that traditional wheelchairs are not able to accommodate.

Among these is the need to cover very mixed types of terrain. The wheelchair needs to be versatile enough to use both indoors and on the more rugged and challenging terrain found outdoors.

Amos G. Winter’s, a doctoral [...]

Zenith Manual Wheelchair Is Tracked For All Terrain And Stairs

Ziggi — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:45:52 +0000

The Zenith Wheelchair is a concept wheelchair and is the brainchild of Mechanical Engineering Department at the UofA, designer Josefina Chaves-Posse.

As you can see, the Zenith Wheelchair has all terrain tracks for conquering the great outdoors. The concept also includes design elements that will allow it to climb curbs and stairs.

A very interesting [...]

Rotary Kettle Helps Get A Handle On Hot Tea

Ziggi — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:28:43 +0000

It’s really amazing how the realization a few years back that people with disabilities are a viable commercial market has spawned so many new innovations.

The Rotary Kettle is a recent James Dyson Australian Design Award winner. It’s a great idea and so simplistic in theory that I wonder why I didn’t think of it? It [...]

Adaptive Clothing Can Be Fun And Fashionable

Ziggi — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:11:38 +0000

That’s right! Being a person with a disability doesn’t mean that you have to forsake fun and fashion when it comes to clothing.

Thankfully, we are seeing more and more adaptive apparel makers who are moving the inclusion cause forward by designing and manufacturing clothes for people with disabilities that are COOL instead of institutional and [...]

ReWalk Upright Walking Assistance Device

Ziggi — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:29:59 +0000

ReWalk- Part external robotic aid, part ambulatory device, part orthosis, and an all new technology to get wheelchair users up, out there, and up [...]