Special wheelchair gets users standing and climbing stairs (newatlas.com)
from cyu@sh.itjust.works to technology@lemmy.ml on 14 Oct 2023 23:05
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Live_your_lives@lemmy.world on 15 Oct 2023 00:24 next collapse

That’s neat but it also seems a bit bulky.

Madison420@lemmy.world on 15 Oct 2023 00:53 collapse

There have been a few versions this one seems smaller then most and likely runs longer.

I dunno if you’re a fan of very bad movies but shaqs “steel” involves a main character who’s in the same sort of chair.

jordanlund@lemmy.world on 15 Oct 2023 06:32 collapse

Wasn’t this one of those things Dean (Segway) Kamen invented like 30 years ago?

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBOT

“first working prototype was available in 1992”