Wheelchair that can climb stairs are you still afraid of elevators

According to statistics, more than 80 million disabled persons in China, which occupies a large part of the population of the physically disabled. Care for the daily life of people with disabilities is that Governments need to do things. Our urban transportation systems designed a lot of convenient way to access for persons with disabilities, such as wheelchair ramps, vertical lift, and so on. However, the channel utilization is not high. Compared to building construction to build a separate channel, if the fly wheel-chair persons with disabilities make fuss, let every wheelchair through strengthened, is clearly more cost-effective approach.

Swiss Federal Institute of technology (ETH) and the Zurich College of art students to design the electric wheelchair named Scalevo, its greatest characteristic is, with a set of collapsible tracks like a tank so that wheelchair users can easily go up and down stairs, or over some more barriers are not a problem.

Scalevo wheelchair on level ground by maintaining a balance on two wheels, electrically driven on level ground. Up the stairs, track is below the wheels touch the ground, controlled by track wheelchair sports. Rubber hook level steps on the track, push the wheelchair forward. When the Chair reaches the highest level steps, extra pair of smaller support wheel to prevent wheelchair tipping over. As a result, not only the speed of on the flat, without obstacles through sex.

Wheelchair track can be turned with the slope change to ensure wheelchair users above horizontal, prevent people lean forward when climbing stairs or backwards and cause discomfort. Users in wheelchairs can also be observed when climbing the stairs track tilt of and to make appropriate adjustments. One aspect of this is very user friendly. Juicy Couture iPhone case

Scalevo team on their website said: our goal is to make this wheelchair can help applicants deal with everyday things. The routine is: on flat ground forward or backward, bypassing an obstacle, through a door, up and down the stairs as well as change the height to fit the user in front of the table.

At present, the product is still in its prototype stage, is still pressing ahead with the project as a whole. Responsible for the development of the students claimed that they had a very ambitious goals, is the hope that the Scalevo will take place in 2016 in Switzerland Cybathlon games to be held – which was designed to allow high-tech artificial limbs will compete the Olympic-style games.

Lei feng's network (search for "Lei feng's network", public interest) small series can be expected to be, if this can go up and down stairs to mass production of electric wheel, and supported by the national law, patients with disabilities reaching more, so whether it is for travel of persons with disabilities, or for the architectural design of the city, have a far-reaching impact. Juicy Couture

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Scalevo electric wheelchairs

Scalevo wheelchair on level ground by maintaining a balance on two wheels, electrically driven on level ground. Up the stairs, track is below the wheels touch the ground, controlled by track wheelchair sports. According to statistics, more than 80 million disabled persons in China, which occupies a large part of the population of the physically disabled. Care for the daily life of people with disabilities is that Governments need to do things. Design of our urban transportation system for persons with disabilities

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