News tagged with motorised wheelchair
Thought-propelled wheelchair developed in Italy
Mar 06, 2009 |
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Italian researchers have developed a wheelchair that obeys mental signals sent to a computer, they said Friday.
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Panasonic develops bed that turns into wheelchair
Sep 18, 2009 |
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Japan's Panasonic Corp. has developed a "Robotic Bed" that can transform into a wheelchair to make life easier for elderly and disabled people, it announced Friday.
Toyota technology has brain waves move wheelchair
Jun 29, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Toyota Motor Corp. says it has developed a way of steering a wheelchair by just detecting brain waves, without the person having to move a muscle or shout a command.
Aerobic exercise for the wheelchair-bound
Sep 10, 2008 |
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University of Texas at Austin alumnus, Chris Stanford (MSEE '91), and Electrical & Computer Engineering undergraduates are working on making exercise fun for wheelchair users. For the last year, Stanford has ...
Japan robotics experts unveil sci-fi wheelchair
Aug 26, 2009 |
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Robotics and medical experts in Japan on Wednesday unveiled the prototype of a new hi-tech electric wheelchair that resembles a scooter and promises greater mobility.
Off-road wheelchair for developing countries unveiled
Jun 05, 2008 |
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A group of students from The University of Nottingham have designed an off-road wheelchair to help disabled people cope with rough terrain in developing countries.
Mind over body: new hope for quadriplegics
Mar 10, 2008 |
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Around 2.5 million people worldwide are wheelchair bound because of spinal injuries. Half of them are quadriplegic, paralysed from the neck down. European researchers are now offering them new hope thanks to groundbreaking ...
Questions from end of stair-climbing wheelchair
May 25, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The nation's first stair-climbing wheelchair hit the market with a bang but disappeared with a whimper, a casualty of price that raises a big question: How much will society agree to pay for high-tech ...
British scientist Hawking leaves top Cambridge post
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Acclaimed wheelchair-bound British scientist Stephen Hawking is to hand over his top Cambridge University job this week, the prestigious seat of learning said on Wednesday.
Clinical trial shows quadriplegics can operate powered wheelchair with tongue drive system
Jul 06, 2009 |
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An assistive technology that enables individuals to maneuver a powered wheelchair or control a mouse cursor using simple tongue movements can be operated by individuals with high-level spinal cord injuries, ...
This smart wheelchair has laser vision
Nov 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Disability, John Spletzer believes, should no longer pose any obstacle to mobility. A blind person may not be able to see or a paraplegic to walk, but each can access the technology available ...
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