Friday, December 9, 2011

Crazy wheelchair attachment lets you cruise in electric style

Crazy wheelchair attachment lets you cruise in electric style

The WHILL turns any wheelchair into an electric vehicle

Professor X take note: a is one snazzy wheelchair accessory. The latest in for people with earthy disabilities, this crazy-looking device done by a Japanese association of a same name attaches to any customary wheelchair and turns it into an electric vehicle, permitting a user to navigate with environmentally-friendly ease.

While a WHILL competence demeanour like a hulk span of headphones, it's indeed some-more same to a Segway. Two hubs clamp onto a wheelchair's wheels, and are connected around a winding control arm that passes over a user's waist. Each heart contains a 24-volt engine powered by a lithium ion battery pack. The user steers by disposition in a instruction they wish to go, most like piloting a Segway.

The batteries take about dual hours to charge, and one assign will take we about 19 miles during a tip speed of about 12.5 mph. WHILL is now looking for volunteers to margin exam a pattern and yield feedback on a prototype. There's no word nonetheless on pricing or availability, though presumably we'll know some-more once a stream turn of contrast is complete.

Check out a video next (sadly in Japanese) to see some behind-the-scenes footage of a routine behind a WHILL.

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