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Despite the fact that a wheelchair is one of the few means that allows mobility to the physically impaired, there is a great scope for improvement on its limitations, which causes numerous problems, such as body posture and pressure sores, to the users during long-term use.
Making mobility easy and brisk for the wheelchair users, designer Thomas Ross in collaboration with Dave Cochrane has come up with a smart mobility aid concept that combines a teardrop extrusion, located at the back, with Herman Miller’s Aeron chair fabric, the Pellicle, to negate the negative effects of contemporary wheelchairs.
In addition, the futuristic wheelchair features a rear ball assembly that allows an almost zero footprint-turning circle for easy movement within or around the house. While a modified oleo based suspension, connected to the main drive and power pack beneath the seat frame, supports effortless movement on different gradients.
If the user doesn’t wanna use his or her one or both hands, the radical wheelchair come integrated with an Apple iPhone-based control system. Moreover, users can employ their iPhone 3GS, mounted either on a suction cup or a flexible goose-neck device, to activate the voice control of the wheelchair. Moving on hubless wheels not only ensures optimum comfort and ease of use, but also adds style to the mobility aid.
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