All Entries in the "New On The Scene" Category

A Wheelchair For Dancing Not A Dancing Wheelchair

Wheelchair dancing is hot! Hot enough to be recognized as a Paralympic sport and cool enough to be gaining a solid following.

Wheelchair maker Invacare recently added a specialty dance wheelchair to their existing line of Top End Wheelchairs, the Top End Twirl.

Exoskeleton Gait System For Wheelchair Users Enters Trials

Berkeley Bionics announced that their new exoskeleton, named eLegs (exoskeleton lower extremity gait system) for wheelchair users will enter clinical trials in early 2011.
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Braille Alphabet Bracelet Learning Tool

An award winning bracelet that teaches braille on the fly.

The Braille Alphabet Bracelet designed by Leslie Ligon, who has a blind son, aims to promote dropping literacy rates for the blind.

Turn That Mobility Walker Into A Statement

For decades the common mobility walker has made a public statement. Unfortunately, it hasn’t been one that much of the public perceives as positive.

The walker is a great mobility aid with a nice broad front and cross members that just beg to be utilized as a media platform for making a public statement or sending a message.

Getting A Grip On Things When Your Hands Won’t

Something new on the market for those people who would like to get a grip on things.

A new line of gripping aids that enable the wearer to firmly hold items such as tools, craft tools, sports equipment, gym equipment, and electronic game controllers. Oh yes, and some of those sudsy glass enclosed refreshments similar to the one in the image.

Wheelchair Accessible Three Wheel Electric Drive Vehicle

YDS, a Japan-based automobile design firm, developed a wheelchair accessible electric drive vehicle.

The vehicle, known as the “Wheel Chair Vehicle (WCV), is wheelchair accessible from the rear and driven by operating a handle directly connected to the front wheel for steering and an accelerator located to the right of the handle with two brake levers located right and left to the handle. It sounds like you may need a good set of paws to handle the action.

4×4 Truck Conversions For Wheelchair Users

Have you ever wanted to level the off-road playing field only to find that there was nothing out there that could be driven over the wild places from a wheelchair?

Now there is! The GoShichi line of 4×4 truck conversions for for GMC 1500 (+), extended cabs (+). It packs a geared up muscle lift that can haul “A” in both directions and does not require anymore operating room than a conventional car door. Up you go, in you go, and drive in-place from your wheelchair.
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