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Boma by Molten Rock Equipment Ltd is a lightweight, electrically powered mountain bike for wheelchair users. It can be ridden by individuals with spinal cord injuries or other individuals who require the use of a wheelchair. Boma is the mountain bike gone powered and morphed into a sweet looking lightweight off road wheelchair that comes apart [...] Permobil rolled out another rear wheeler in this one. It is tough mentioning rear wheel drive and Permobil in the same breath since Permobil has for many years dominated the high end front wheel drive market. Okay, things change. So while most of the makers have moved to mid/center-wheel drive powered wheelchairs, Permobil is carving [...]
Like a muscle car or a New York City *hero, off road and all terrain wheelchairs and carts are the bad boys of their worlds. Here is a look at a few of these mean machines.
Large Print DISCLAIMER I will not be held responsible [...] A new entry in the all terrain/off road wheelchair world. The SuperFour is an all wheel steering chariot manufactured by Otto Bock of Germany. It is presently winding up a road tour of cities in Germany. This is a hot looking bump climber. The rollbar cage and the combination sweep-over canopy and windshield give it [...] So far the sweet looking Porsche P’Gasus wheelchair is just a teaser. There’s not a great deal of information regarding this wheelchair but a good number of people are keeping an eye or two peeled. This looks to be a Segway inspired wheelchair with a manual standing feature and electric motor drives controlled by gyroscopic [...] Listen up! It may not improve hearing but it may improve independence for people with extremely limited function who may require advanced control systems in order to use a powered wheelchair. Think A Move Technology, LTD, has developed e-macc, a unique technology that fits in a wheelchair users ear and allows them to control their powered [...] From Finland, a four wheel drive rough terrain powered wheelchair. The Chasswheel Four X combines four wheel drive with suspension and shock absorption to get through and over obstacles. The Four X has a flexible chassis structure that allows each wheel to respond to contours in the terrain. This keeps all four wheels in contact [...] This wheelchair was a real surprise. You would not expect ultralight sports wheelchair and powered wheelchair to be commingled in the same breath. Aside from the occasional addition of a powered add-on system these two types of wheelchairs have traditionally been found on opposite ends of the wheelchair spectrum. Kangan Roo Power Wheelchair is based [...] We reported on the Topchair back in September of 2005 when it was just out of development. It is now ready to climb into commercialization. The Topchair is a stair climbing and obstacle climbing powered wheelchair designed by French engineer Hervé le Masne. The wheelchair has four wheels for rolling over normal terrain and two [...] This wheelchair is a joy to look at. The WizzyBug is an early powered mobility device or "first wheels" for kids. It is tricked out just for the little ones and is very obviously aimed at letting kids be kids. The WizzyBug was designed by Bath Institute of Medical Engineering in the United Kingdom. BIME [...] |
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