Technology

Save the iBot

A few months ago, I started a Save the iBot supporters' group on Facebook. The iBot is the greatest advance ever in wheelchair technology. It is a ‘personal mobility device’, with Segway gyroscopic technology, which can climb stairs (www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLrVDQiL1wk), tackle nearly all terrains (www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fY5NYCVvqs) and spectacularly, transformer-like, balance at eye level on two wheels (www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKcxOpjpBqs). The iBot [...]

September 21st, 2010|Categories: iBot, Inclusion, Technology|Tags: changing attitudes, disability, facebook, gyroscopic technology, ibot, J&J, Johnson & Johnson, save the ibot, segway, transformer-like, wheelchair, wheelchairs, youtube|

EPLC Rest day – Newcastle – Sunderland – Middlesbrough: ‘Technology’

It may sound strange, but I often think to myself how fortunate I am to be disabled in this modern world of microchips and other ground-breaking technology. It is an unarguable case that my life is made so much easier and so much better in quality than if I’d been born just a few years [...]

August 17th, 2010|Categories: Changing attitudes, Everything is Possible in Life Cycle, Inclusion, Technology|Tags: disability, eplc, everything is possible in life cycle, segchair, segway, technology, trike|