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TekRMD (Standing Wheelchair)
mental
Brisbane, Queensland
2776 posts
Life changing wheel chair that allows it's users to be in a standing position:


02:59pm 20/03/12 Permalink
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Nerfy
Brisbane, Queensland
5540 posts
Seems awesome.
03:06pm 20/03/12 Permalink
thermite
Brisbane, Queensland
9256 posts
hmm I noticed Steve Jobs' face in that video TWICE, subliminal influence?
03:23pm 20/03/12 Permalink
Outlaw
Gold Coast, Queensland
1729 posts
Nice. weight restriction?
03:28pm 20/03/12 Permalink
sparrow
Brisbane, Queensland
1669 posts
So cool!
03:28pm 20/03/12 Permalink
mental
Brisbane, Queensland
2777 posts
I don't know in the video it talks about how paraplegics need to do exercises in a standing position and this is extremely hard for the elderly and the obese but this makes it a lot easier. They'll probably come out with a heavy duty version after awhile either way.
03:30pm 20/03/12 Permalink
thermite
Brisbane, Queensland
9258 posts
Why don't they just turn them into Robocop or Bat-Vader
04:05pm 20/03/12 Permalink
copuis
Brisbane, Queensland
2447 posts
meh, missing a few key points to maintain a healthy body

for one, if you can use your arm, why oh why use a powerchair,

also, is he pulling himself up?, or is that function powered as well???? if it is he will have a pot belly in no time



put simply most people (young, fit, but unable to walk) are put in a "tippy" wheelchair, this (while un-balanced) means the person has to use their core to maintain the chains balance, and the simple act of pushing a chair is exercise,

another bonus to a tippy chair is while harder to balance (and not fall backwards) it is easier to push, (and less stressful on a shoulder, which often suffers over time)
04:19pm 20/03/12 Permalink
no you hang up
Brisbane, Queensland
1969 posts
been testing these at work for the last week. that and sit to stand machines.
04:34pm 20/03/12 Permalink
dais
Brisbane, Queensland
8859 posts
Looks brilliant!
04:39pm 20/03/12 Permalink
IVY_MiKe
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
792 posts
Looks like a great concept.

I have two questions tho... I wonder how it compares the cost of an electric wheelchair.

And considering it's small footprint (which for the most part is a massive benefit in shopping centres etc) I wonder how likely it is to tip over when on an incline. (and by extension, whether or not it's easy enough for a user to then stand back upright, and 'mount' from the ground.
05:15pm 20/03/12 Permalink
Pinky
Melbourne, Victoria
12890 posts
Looks link an excellent invention
06:56pm 20/03/12 Permalink
Whoop
Brisbane, Queensland
19561 posts
when he kept going up & down this popped into my head.



I'm a terrible person :(
07:00pm 20/03/12 Permalink
DK
Brisbane, Queensland
628 posts
What if you urgently need to poop. Getting out of that would a prick
10:53pm 20/03/12 Permalink
Reverend Evil™
Wynnum, Queensland
20140 posts
That's a cool invention. I'd love to be around in the future when robotic limbs are available. Be awesome to get you're arms cut off and replaced with ones that could crush things. Or get robotic eyes that have cool stuff like infra red and xray vision.
10:56am 21/03/12 Permalink
thermite
Brisbane, Queensland
9263 posts
11:06am 21/03/12 Permalink
Nerfy
Brisbane, Queensland
5548 posts
That's a cool invention. I'd love to be around in the future when robotic limbs are available. Be awesome to get you're arms cut off and replaced with ones that could crush things. Or get robotic eyes that have cool stuff like infra red and xray vision.

Things could get very awkward if the brain proves able to manage additional limbs. Like... octopus-people awkward.
11:18am 21/03/12 Permalink
Sip
Brisbane, Queensland
518 posts
Like... octopus-people awkward.


I've seen enough Hentai to know where this is going...


But yeah back on topic, pretty cool idea, can't wait to see a quicker lighter weight version, its only a matter of time.
11:56am 21/03/12 Permalink
Mantis
Brisbane, Queensland
867 posts
I finished watching an awesome 25 part Discovery Channel series on weekend.

Sci-fi Science. 20mins eps with each detailing how to do something in sci-fi, in real life. Based on current research and theories.

Really entertaining to watch. Go grab it.

One of the more interesting eps was about becoming a Superhero. Had some cool stuff about having xray vision, super streth and speed via some awesome artifical muscles and even had 2 robot arms on your back that responded to thoughts as if they were your own limbs.
12:00pm 21/03/12 Permalink
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