Dear Marcus,
correction. . . Vincent Ross cannot jump out of his chair as far as I am
aware! I have had my arguments with Vincent and he has certainly got many
thousands of pounds worth of advertising from last night's TW but his
developments of wheelchair technology at Chevron have given improved
mobility to many. The main problem is the cost of such improvements but
that is why we need to lobby the NHS and ALAS and SHSCW toensure that
realistic wheelchair provision becomes universal so that wheelchair users
have real access to the world and all its hills and dales.
Vin West
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From: "Marcus Ormerod" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 10:15 AM
Subject: Fw: Tomorrows world from Adrian Higginbotham
> hi all:
> anyone catch tomorrows world lastnight ?
> there was one piece about an add-on device for standard manual wheelchairs
> which turns them in to powered off-roaders.
> from what I could tell it was a single front wheel which clipped under the
> front of the chair lifting the chairs own 2 front wheels clear of the
ground
> and making the whole thing in to a tryke.
> the device weighed in at 20 kg (with battery) could do a top speed of 17
> KMph and could do upto 35k on a 4 hour battery charge.
> it could mannage gradients of upto 11% - whats that in real language ?
about
> 1 in 10? not all that great then, they had the woman who won gold in the
> womens 200 metre wheelchair race at
> sidney (not tany) test it out and she managed to turn it over on a muddy
> banking which I wouldn't of thought was all that clever and they also let
a
> load of kids loose on it who thought it was a great plaything.
>
> no mention of a price.
> I guess it could be a useful, more portable alternative to a power chair
> when out and about on a ramble in the lakes or some such but as the guy
who
> invented it jumped out of his chair fitted the device and jumped back in
> again it would seem only to be suitable for people capable of doing just
> that.
> you can read more including a link to the company who make the add-on on
the
> Tomorrows World website
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/tw/items/010509_offroadtrike.shtml
>
> Adrian Higginbotham.
>
> SURFACE (Salford University, Research Focus on Accessible Environments).
>
> tel: (44_-161-2953949,
> fax (44)-161-2955011,
> Email [log in to unmask]
> textphone (44)-161-2953599.
>
> web: http://www.scpm.salford.ac.uk/surface/
>
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