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
https://sh.itjust.works/post/7194030
from cyu@sh.itjust.works to technology@lemmy.ml on 14 Oct 2023 23:05
https://sh.itjust.works/post/7194030
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That’s neat but it also seems a bit bulky.
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.
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”