Wheelchairs

Runners have treadmills for stationary indoor training, while cyclists have rollers and rowers have rowing machines, but … what is there for wheelchair users? Well, it turns out that they can utilize a li'l something called the Wheely-X.

The team behind the AbleChair seeks to open up some exciting possibilities with a powerful, versatile wheelchair that enables users to easily switch between a wide variety of positions through a companion smartphone app.

​Graphene – the "wonder material" that's stronger than steel and tougher than diamond – has recently found its way into experimental aircraft, clothing and concrete. And now Küschall has announced the Superstar, the first wheelchair to be built using the one atom thick form of carbon.​

Unlike other stair-climbing wheelchairs we've seen over the years, the B-Free Chair relies on a set of robotic "pedrails" that look almost like skinny tank tracks. These articulated pedrails allow the electric to grip the staircase firmly as it navigates up or down.

For folks who have limited mobility, often all that's needed is a little something to lessen the amount of walking that they have to do. A number of lightweight folding electric wheelchairs have emerged to serve that market. One of the latest, the Zinger, is also reportedly the lightest.

Panasonic has developed the world's first ISO13482-compliant service robot. The Resyone, a robotic bed that transforms into an electric wheelchair, eliminates the dangerous task of lifting bedridden patients into and out of bed.

New device allows tongue-control of wheelchairs and computers by quadriplegics

Scientists are creating a brain-computer interface that will allow users to control devices, without having to continuously concentrate on doing so.

Toyota and Japanese research foundation RIKEN have teamed up to create a revolutionary wheelchair steered by mind control. This remarkable development is one of the first practical uses of EEG (Electro-encephalogram) signals.

Drawing on a background in research and development on the Williams F1 team, Marcus Cunnington has designed and built the 6.3kg (around 13.9 pounds) Free Spirit - a carbon fiber composite design that claims the mantle of the world's lightest manual rigid wheelchair.

December 17, 2006 There are few areas in which technology can make such a great difference as in mobility assistance for the disabled and aged market. We’ve al

August 16, 2006 With a workforce that is growing older and both patients and facilities that are growing larger, hospitals and nursing home caregivers are endur