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re: A walking wheelchair

SDG — 4/22/2006 12:02:25 AM (archived)

Dean Kamen (of Segway fame) invented on years ago he calls the IBOt. Do a search on it its pretty amazing. It can go up and down stairs.

(img src="http://people.howstuffworks.com/gif/wheelchair3.gif">;

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• The amazing robot chair! - Tom Brosz - 4/21/2006 1:31:29 AM
  • I feel like that all the time. - podrock - 4/22/2006 2:07:46 AM
    • Steven Wright - Mary Anne - 4/22/2006 3:07:58 AM
  • Reminds me of that race in the third or 4th Oz book - alcaray - 4/21/2006 4:00:40 PM
    • I've got almost the whole set of those... - Tom Brosz - 4/27/2006 4:34:39 PM
      • When my daughter was about 5, I had the idea... - alcaray - 4/28/2006 4:30:19 PM
  • Wow! But is it comfortable? - Mary Anne - 4/21/2006 2:16:07 PM
  • might be easier to just design a chair that doesn't fall apart. (n/t) - SDG - 4/21/2006 5:08:43 AM
    • I bet they said something similar to Thomas Edison when they expelled him from school. ;) (n/t) - Mary Anne - 4/21/2006 2:16:59 PM
    • You're no fun. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/21/2006 7:44:56 AM
      • A walking wheelchair - ljk - 4/21/2006 12:00:20 PM
        • re: A walking wheelchair - SDG - 4/22/2006 12:02:25 AM
          • re: A walking wheelchair - SDG - 4/22/2006 12:06:06 AM
        • I don't know if I'd feel safe in one of those. - Mary Anne - 4/21/2006 5:50:56 PM
          • re: I don't know if I'd feel safe in one of those. - ljk - 4/21/2006 5:56:02 PM
            • Point taken. I still wonder if stilts are the answer. - Mary Anne - 4/21/2006 6:02:53 PM
              • Easy solution - Tom Brosz - 4/21/2006 11:47:37 PM
              • re: Point taken. I still wonder if stilts are the answer. - ljk - 4/21/2006 6:11:13 PM
                • Japanese researcher shows robot legs that could replace wheelchairs - LJK - 4/27/2006 2:28:23 PM
                  • re: robot legs - Tom Brosz - 4/27/2006 4:36:36 PM