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!

Comments

Call them.

[the-ogre.livejournal.com]

Make the suggestion - I'm sure they'd want to hear from you. I think it would be awesome if they were able to adapt one of these for you, and I can't see any reason why it couldn't be done.

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

Ohmigosh!

*kiss*

Off to see munchkins. I love you. I would love it if you could climb stairs. :-)

ibot

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

oh yeah, that thing rocks! i found the patent application for it when i was wondering about what the much-hyped super-secret "it" was going to be (which turned out the segway, invented by the same guy). good to see it's actually being built!

[lysana.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes. I heard of this one a few months ago. I am crossing my fingers that you can get them to do one with a guidance system you can use.

[firecat]

That's great! I hope they make one for you, post-haste.

[blackfyr.livejournal.com]

Well, it may be possible to add a chin control system onto it, since the joystick controller is somewhat detachable.