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05
Dec
2008
When the wheels make the man, part 4

4 hours ago by Kay Olson

Out of Spokane, Washington, news of a man who uses a wheelchair falsely reporting being assaulted. The Washington state TV station KXLY offered this headline on Tuesday: Police: Man made up wheelchair assault storyNo, a wheelchair was not assaulted or even alleged to have been assaulted. The man who ...

The Gimp Parade - thegimpparade.blogspot.com · Rank: 52,385 · 106 references

04
Dec
2008
Rant 1 - Electric wheelchairs

10 hours ago by Andy

I got annoyed with a woman in an electric wheelchair again today. I was going into the ’shopping mecca’ in Peterborough known as Queensgate at lunch today following the said electric wheelchair. As she went through the door, she decided to just stop. Full whack on the breaks(Do they have brea ...

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90 Year Milestone

11 hours ago by rusticliving

I’m in Ottawa this week to celebrate a milestone… my mother’s 90th birthday. What’s most remarkable to me is not that she is celebrating 90 years (although that in itself is a wonderful milestone), but that she is up and walking… and walking very well, thank you! The reason for my amazement is that ...

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The Message

14 hours ago by G.Fraggle

What is the message here? Handicap entrance in rear.

Tech, design, and society - adambowker.wordpress.com · 1 reference

Innovation Transportation: Push Your Limit with Adventure Wheelchair

22 hours ago by admin

Don’t let limited capabilities stop you from enjoying your adventure hobby. Just like John Davis said from the film The Chariot Races : “It’s part of breaking down the barriers. Showing we can crash. Showing we can push our limits, find the edge of our capabilities, fall sometimes and pick ourselves ...

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How much does it generally cost to install a wheelchair accessible system in ...

22 hours ago by admin

I need to know this for school. How much is it to put in different types of wheelchair access systems, such as automatic doors, “please ring for assistance” buttons, etc? This depends a LOT on details, but some basics would be… Automatic door- about $1,000 installed if no complications. Alert chimes ...

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Better than TV

23 hours ago by RGS

I need to move there - TV not needed anymore! These snippets of city life were captured recently on a mans webcam pointing out his bedroom window in San Francisco. Free wheeling in junction in wheelchair Man jumps against bus Person crossing road in wheelchair almost hit by bus Police chase Video Li ...

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Spoke protectors

1 day ago by Jody Donnelly

Yesterday I received my splendid Galactica spoke protectors for my wheelchair. I’m going to be one big kid riding in that wheelchair, but it’s going to be so great. I will buy pink fluorescent letters (my url) to stick on my backrest and on the both of my wheels. Together with my yellow fluorescent ...

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The Idea

1 day ago by Zachary

We started this project to build a highly mobile robot platform. Our first intention for use of this robot was to make somehting similar to the Vision Robot (In the Robot Projects section), utilizing th power of RoboRealm. In the end instead of using the RoboRealm Software to do the control of the r ...

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03
Dec
2008
COOL Mobility Prototype 3 Wheelchair

1 day ago by admin

This is a cool ’sports electric wheelchair’ weighing only 44kg or 103 lbs (including batteries), designed in Australia by Colin Johanson. It won the ABC TV “New Inventors” program “2006 Viewers Choice Award” and we are working on commercialisig it. The video is worth the download to see the terrain ...

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