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This innovative wheelchair which started as a project by five masters students from two universities – the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and Zurich University of the Arts is set to hit the market this year 2018 and will be made affordable for all. The basic wheelchair design has remained the same, however, the technology behind it has progressed greatly and is very futuristic.

With this advanced electric wheelchair people with disabilities no longer need people to carry them up the stairs, all they need to is push a few buttons and use the joystick. Very nice.



The amazing features are,

Both wheels and tracks to allow the chair to overcome all manner of obstacles.

Various mode settings will ensure the user’s safety when stationary, on slippery surfaces and steep inclines.

The chair will even lift them up to reach objects above their reach or simply to allow for more comfortable eye-contact during conversation.

Self-balancing technology also enables the chair to turn on the spot, as well as to mount curbs without getting stuck.



The team is looking for funds to be able to mass-produce this amazing technology so it be available and are already sourcing for funds on PATREON, a crowd-funding page. Speaking on the group’s Patreon crowd-funding page, the team said: ‘During our bachelor studies we built the first prototype of the wheelchair.’It was a great experience and we got very good feedback from people all over the world. ‘This is why we decided to continue this project and design a new wheelchair that can be brought to the market.’Users will be able to control the chair with a joystick or simply by shifting their body weight. The project started in late 2014 and this is 2018, they believe it will hit the market real soon. Let’s keep our fingers crossed.

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SOURCE:https://techcapon.com/extreme-engineering-this-wheelchair-can-climb-stairs-and-overcome-obstacles/

Wow

No matter how expensive the wheelchair is, may we never use any one IJ N

Okay

is it fo��r the lower class people?

cool

lovely piece of technology

It must be very expensive

I bet my balls it can't climb mount Kilimanjaro

The white have been making life better for the able and disabled. #Godbless

Nice, at least a few using knowledge for good

When oyibo man dey think of how to help humanity


Buhari and his supporters are thinking of how to help cows by thieving other people's lands...


In this century

lonlytroy:
No matter how expensive the wheelchair is, may we never use any one IJ N

Amen!

Good

Technology is bae!

Whatever the mind can conceive, the idea can be birthed to reality by continuous dedication and persistent hard work. Don't give up on your dreams!

Those guys above must b high on some local weeds. Here in nigetia, all wr do is copy and paste projects everywhere

Amazing and a big step towards furthering inclusion and accessibility to the wider society for less able folks.

When will engineering students un Nigerian universities start to build things like this. Enough of building bamboo cars.

seanswitch:
When will engineering students un Nigerian universities start to build things like this. Enough of building bamboo cars.

When Nigeria GOV'T provide necessary equipments n not focus on theoretical results.

Buhari will use exactly this type of car to go back to daura

Sure hushpupi or whatever his name is will buy this just to intimidate people .....

sulasa07:

When Nigeria GOV'T provide necessary equipments n not focus on theoretical results.

You too get sense.... We lack hardwares here... No facilities no amenities... God help us all in this part of the world

Meanwhile in Nigeria, we are as religious as heaven whereas other countries are as innovative as Einstein!

azraeljaheel:



You too get sense.... We lack hardwares here... No facilities no amenities... God help us all in this part of the world

The engineering materials in my school lab has been there since 2005.

We will discover this too in our new plagiarism detector

Stale news. It was manufactured 4years ago.

Nice, it can climb down but can it climb up?

lonlytroy:
No matter how expensive the wheelchair is, may we never use any one IJ N

AMEN!