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Wheelchair Uses Lasers To Automatically Dock In Van

Researchers at Lehigh University are developing a way to make it easier for wheelchair-bound individuals to dock a wheelchair in the back of a minivan. The system utilizes lasers and radio frequency technology to automatically guide a wheelchair onto the forklift-style platform that is in the rear of the van. This is similar to how the spacecraft Jules Verne docked with the International Space Station or how my Roomba robotic vacuum will automatically dock with its charging cradle. More »

1:00 PM on Tue May 6 2008
By Travis Hudson
737 views, 15 comments

Latest by FuzzyPlushroom: @Novaload: Thought the same thing. That three percent could be hilarious. more »

taken for a ride

Be Careful Of Wheelchair-Bound Hitchhikers When Driving Your Semi In Paw Paw

I'll be traveling through the lovely little southwestern Michigan town of Paw Paw on Saturday, and you can bet I'll be happy I won't be driving a semi-truck. We've heard the town's home to a roving gang of wheelchair-rolling hitchhikers employing a unique brand of thumbing it. They'll just roll right out in front of semi trucks and hitch themselves a push-start ride strapped onto the grille. That's what a 21-year-old wheelchair-bound resident of the double baby bear hand-named town did yesterday afternoon. The man became lodged in a semi truck grille after rolling in front of a truck leaving a gas station. The truck driver, not noticing the man lodged in front of his cab, proceeded to hit the highway for about five miles before police, alerted to the scofflaw, pointed it out to the truck driver. The unharmed man was taken to the hospital for a check-up, and then we're assuming right to jail. Didn't he know hitchhiking is illegal in Michigan? Wait, what's that you say — he didn't mean to be taken for a semi-ride?!? Oh man, then that's just terrible. – Ray Wert More »

10:45 AM on Thu Jun 7 2007
By Ray Wert
2,200 views, 27 comments

Latest by racebeer: OK .... I'm torn on what category this fits into. Definitely a hoon-of-the-month candidate, but also a finalist for more »

novelties

Wheelchair Wheels: The Hungarian Kenguru

The Coolhunter bagged some new prey, a minicar designed for people in wheelchairs. It's the Hungarian-designed Kenguru, and we'd have sworn we'd already posted on it — but there's no record to confirm we've got more than a minor case of d j vu. The driver simply wheels up into it, locks in place, grabs the joystick and goes — no lifting, no hassles. If Robert T. Ironside had one of these, he totally would have gotten Eve Whitfield. Not even a doubt. More »

7:51 AM on Thu Jun 22 2006
By Mike Spinelli
556 views, 1 comment

Latest by akirachan: I thinks someone will recycle this article in two years? more »

novelties

Best. Wheelchair. Ever.


Wow. Holy Crap. What can we say about the TankChair that isn't obvious from the picture? Well, um, it's made for people that actually need a wheelchair. And it wasn't created from some Terminator-esque apocalypse where people with disabilities take over on Judgement Day. Still, we'd like to think the TankChair's been sent back from the future to save all of mankind from a more advanced, evil TankChair. On the TankChair website... More »

10:57 PM on Mon Apr 24 2006
By maustin
859 views, 2 comments

Latest by Mad_Science: Sweet. Those mattracks things are really expensive, but I bet this thing would never tip over given what they weigh Never more »