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Wheelchair users, although with the aid of others, may usually get bothered by the difficulty of getting on and off a car when they need to go on a travel. So why not just change their wheelchairs into an electrical vehicle so as to solve the problem? With that in mind, some designers have created the WHILL, a device that can clamp onto the wheels of an existing manual wheelchair and to power it with electricity. Each circular “hub” contains a 24-volt motor, powered by a lithium-ion battery pack. The battery reportedly takes two hours to charge, offering a range of approximately 30 kilometers with a speed that may get up to 20 km/h. When needing to change the directions or adjust the speed, the users can easily accomplish those tasks via an operation of the curved control section that connects two “hubs”.

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Showcased on ‘The 7th Int’l Trade-fair for Senior Industry, Health, Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies (SENDEX 2011)’ held on September 1~3 in KINTEX, Goyang, Korea, this innovative EV 3 Wheel Vehicle has successfully attracted almost every visitor’s attention with its stylish appearance, bright colors and a powerful function. [Read the rest of this entry...]

The designer of the Conquest Motorcycle is quite concerned about the leg-impaired people and wants them to enjoy the motorbikes as much as we do. Powered by an 1170 CC BMW engine, the three-wheeled motorcycle can go from 0 to 60 mph in 7.6 seconds and features a top speed of 105 mph. Since it is designed for wheelchair users, the Conquest Motorcycle also features an entrance at the back for the users to get onto the vehicle while remaining in his/her own wheelchair. [Read the rest of this entry...]

More and more designers are endeavoring to improve the personal urban mobility, including Ben Thorpe with his latest Urban Wheelchair Concept. Made from the highest quality materials, the wheelchair is lightweight enough to ensure the users an easy transportation. It adopts a tightly packed ball bearing system to reduce rolling resistance, greatly increasing its efficiency. Considering the users’ needs to reach for items on high shelves, the concept also features the lifting mechanism, which would lift the user into an upright position. Powered by two Lithium-ion batteries, the Urban Wheelchair is completely rechargeable. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Christen Halter is quite concerned about the disabled folks and wants them to enjoy an easy life as much as we do. The ‘Home Chare’ could be adjusted with various angles, according to the user’s different needs—lying, sitting or standing. With a hole hidden on the seat’s bottom, the wheelchair even enables the users to use the close-stool directly! [Read the rest of this entry...]

Reform, to add new parts to an existing article or to reshape a dated appliance, has been proved again and again to be an effective way to creativity, just like the wheelchair with a weighing scale operated by a battery. Specially designed for disabled and elderly people, the new wheelchair saves both patients and doctors much trouble to conduct regular weight checks.

This system from Japan comes with several cameras to empower this unique cube-on-wheels to understand human gestures. Video after the break

This system allows you to control wheelchair by a given words. Moreover, it is based on your larynx rather than voice; therefore, you could still control the wheelchair even not making any sound. [Read the rest of this entry...]

This stretcher allows paramedics to carry it easily even going to upstairs. Plus, it could even be changed into a wheelchair. [Read the rest of this entry...]

The advantage of this wheelchair is that it could help the disable persons stand, with the help of electric drive motor with gyroscopic sensors, inspired by the Segway. [Read the rest of this entry...]