I Want!

[stonebender]

I'm very excited this happened, but I will confess that I feel a little conflicted. This is very good news for many people who use wheelchairs. Unfortunately, I see from here that I may need a more usable arm than I have currently. I hope they can find a way for folk to drive this wheelchair using some of the current off-the-shelf wheelchair control systems. For example I would need them to be able to let me drive the wheelchair with my chin or perhaps a "sip and puff" (like Chris Reeves) to drive the wheelchair. Still, it's very good news!

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Re: ibot

[stonebender.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I couldn't believe all that hype around the segway. The whole "it" had me thinking the breakthrough was something fundamental. A new environmentally friendly energy source. The unified field theory, something, and it turned to be that stupid thing. However the wheelchair is very cool!