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Wheelchair for extreme sports

Solution Shared by Ana Duarte on 2016-03-14 10:01

When his brother couldn’t get cooperation from the manufacturer of his tennis wheelchair regarding adjustments, they decided to do it themselves. In 1992 after being in the aerospace industry, Mike left his job and they formed their own wheelchair company ...
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Adapted tricyle

Solution Shared by Salomé Azevedo on 2014-11-27 12:09

"mollytricycle" username in the instructables website, developed an Adaptive Tricycle for children with physical and cognitive challenges, like his son. The adaptive tricycle helped his son move his legs as he recovered from a stroke that ...
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System to identify wheelchair friendly locations

Solution Shared by Ana Duarte on 2017-01-03 14:25

The signpost used by this system allows to recognize the space as a reference in accessibility and to provide information on the current state of accessibility conditions of the place, and can be used in various situations (ex: in the door of the ...
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Man invents multifunctional bed for his paralyzed nephew

Solution Shared by Shuyue Zhang on 2018-01-26 11:40

A bed for paralyzed patients to get up, lie down, eating, reading, etc., by themselves. An old man in China developed a multi-functional electrical bed to make all these come true. "This electrical bed was invented primarily for my paralyzed nephew”, ...
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Man invents device that allows user to control mouse with eyes and mouth

Solution Shared by Ana Duarte on 2018-04-09 10:48

The GlassOuse is a wearable that looks like glasses and connects to electronics via Bluetooth. It responds to head movements to manipulate the cursor around the screen. It also has a mouth piece that curves in front of the face that works as a button. ...
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Sister of a paraplegic man creates app to help disabled people

Solution Shared by Elise Thioliere on 2017-06-02 10:47

Audrey is the sister of a paraplegic man. When she wanted to go out with her brother she had to deal with accessibility problems. Lucas couldn’t do what he wanted because of lacks of accessibility. His sister decided to create a map on which disabled ...
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Boy invents game to help his autistic sister

Solution Shared by Ana Duarte on 2018-05-04 10:27

“Aeropong” is a modification of Ping-Pong which eliminates the ball chasing part of that game. It was hard of Pahnuly to play Ping-Pong because of her hand/eye coordination. So Kusa created a game that is played by tying the string to the ball. Pahnuly ...
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Mother develops way to prevent cauliflower ears

Solution Shared by Ana Duarte on 2018-02-16 11:41

Brenda's son Connor plays rugby. There was no solution on the market to protect the ears. "Connor played rugby from mini rugby. From he was wee he was always having to have head gear on and gloves and mouth guards to protect him. I always would ...
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Men invent human backpack to carry their friend

Solution Shared by Ana Duarte on 2017-02-01 14:42

Kevan lost the strength in his limbs due to his condition, and he always wanted to travel around Europe. Because he weights about 30kgs, his friends designed a special backpack so they would be able to carry him, without he having to use his wheelchair. ...
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Wheelchair user creates blog to help wheelchair users know about accessibility of places

Solution Shared by Ana Duarte on 2018-04-11 11:08

“There wasn’t really anything out there for people in wheelchairs and with disabilities in general. I created the site to help others and give positive feedback for different destinations. If changes need to be made, then I hope they take what I’m sharing ...
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