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March 17, 2022

Combat Wheelchair Miniatures for Tabletop Role-Playing Games

Combat Wheelchair Miniatures for Tabletop Role-Playing Games
To ensure tabletop role-playing games are inclusive to all, designer Sara Thompson has created a line of Combat Wheelchair miniatures that feature adventurers in wheelchairs. The characters are available as 3D printing files for £5 (~$6.50) or metal or resin models for £15 (~$19.50) in Strata Miniatures’ ‘Dungeons and Diversity’ collection.…
October 27, 2016

Boy Battling Brain Cancer Gets a TIE Fighter Wheelchair

Boy Battling Brain Cancer Gets a TIE Fighter Wheelchair
Volunteers at Magic Wheelchair have created something truly amazing for an 8-year-old Oregon boy battling brain and spinal cancer. They made him this awesome TIE Fighter costume that he can cruise around in this Halloween.…
July 29, 2016

The Ripchair 3.0 Is an Off-road Capable Wheelchair

The Ripchair 3.0 Is an Off-road Capable Wheelchair
The Ripchair 3.0 by Howe and Howe Technologies is a high-powered wheelchair that provides off-road access to the disabled. It accepts your existing chair and allows people who ride in wheelchairs to go over terrain that they normally would stay away from.…
July 5, 2016

Microsoft Is Adding a Wheelchair Option to Xbox Avatars

Microsoft Is Adding a Wheelchair Option to Xbox Avatars
Great news for disabled gamers who play on the Xbox One. Microsoft is adding the ability for avatars to ride in a wheelchair. Now more folks can have cool avatars that represent them better.…
February 19, 2016

Colin Furze’s Remote-Controlled Wheelie Bin: Haul Trash

Colin Furze’s Remote-Controlled Wheelie Bin: Haul Trash
We’ve seen a small remote-controlled trash can, now let’s check out how you can make a large one. YouTube’s star inventor Colin Furze used an electric wheelchair’s components to motorize and remotely control a wheeled trash can, or as the Brits call it, a wheelie bin.…
January 25, 2016

Guy Plows Snow for His Neighbors Using Modified Off-Road Wheelchair

Guy Plows Snow for His Neighbors Using Modified Off-Road Wheelchair
If you are ever stuck in a wheelchair, don’t let that stop you from doing fun things. Take Iraq War veteran Justin Anderson, who has an awesome off-road wheelchair.…
June 18, 2015

The Scalevo Wheelchair Can Climb Stairs

The Scalevo Wheelchair Can Climb Stairs
Most wheelchairs have one major disadvantage. Like the Daleks of old, stairs stop them in their tracks. Not the Scalevo. This electric wheelchair is capable of climbing and descending stairs thanks to a set of tank-like tracks that can be lowered to keep the user level at all times.…
April 17, 2015

This Wheelchair-Accessible Snowmobile Is Awesome

This Wheelchair-Accessible Snowmobile Is Awesome
How often do you see wheelchair-accessible sports vehicles? That’s why this concept is so amazing. Bruce Thomson is an industrial design professor at Humber College in Toronto.…
April 8, 2015

Students Build World’s Lightest and Least Expensive Electric Wheelchairs

Students Build World’s Lightest and Least Expensive Electric Wheelchairs
Three-year-old Tanner Jensen and his 20-month-old brother Skyler were both born with a rare genetic condition that you have probably never heard of. It is called Spinal Muscular Atrophy and it means they can’t walk or crawl.…
March 4, 2014

DIY Motorized Couch: Ridin’ Lazy

DIY Motorized Couch: Ridin’ Lazy
Back in 2010 Nick Homer and his college buddy Stewart Clyde made headlines because of their silly invention: a remote-controlled motorized couch. Now Nick is working on a comprehensive guide for couch potatoes who have a very slight need for speed.…
November 11, 2013

Der Zeisel: The Ultimate Off-Road Wheelchair

Der Zeisel: The Ultimate Off-Road Wheelchair
Have you ever wanted to feel like Emperor Palpatine, or Davros, the creator of the Daleks? Well, now you can get closer to that sensation, thanks to this off-road machine.…
September 4, 2013

Guy Puts Flamethrower on Mobility Scooter: Get outs the Way!

Guy Puts Flamethrower on Mobility Scooter: Get outs the Way!
It is called Lord Humungous and it was created by 52-year-old Lance Greathouse from Phoenix, Arizona. “It” is a flamethrower attached to a mobility scooter. Lord Humungous cost about $1000 and a month of labor to create.…
October 15, 2012

Robotic Wheelchair Can Use Its Wheels as Legs: Clearly an Autobot

Robotic Wheelchair Can Use Its Wheels as Legs: Clearly an Autobot
A group of researchers at the Chiba Institute of Technology in Japan have figured out how to make an off-road wheelchair. They created a robotic wheelchair that can use its wheels as legs, thanks to its four-wheel drive and its two axles.…
September 17, 2012

Tank Chair is an All-Terrain Wheelchair that Will Take You Anywhere and Back

Tank Chair is an All-Terrain Wheelchair that Will Take You Anywhere and Back
Most wheelchairs are just meant for indoor or sidewalk use. Because of that, many people with disabilities miss out on doing stuff they might want to do outdoors.…
August 30, 2012

Artist Explores the Sea Without Leaving Her Wheelchair

Artist Explores the Sea Without Leaving Her Wheelchair
Physically-challenged people don’t need to miss out on all of life’s activities. With a little out-of-the-box thinking and ingenuity, anything is possible. Take Sue Austin for instance.…
August 1, 2012

Slow But Steady: This LEGO Motorized Wheelchair Actually Works!

Slow But Steady: This LEGO Motorized Wheelchair Actually Works!
Being confined to a wheelchair is a bummer. But while this LEGO wheelchair won’t necessarily take the frustration at having to use one away, it will make the entire thing a bit more bearable.…