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Disability

TexasTowelie

(117,449 posts) Thu Nov 14, 2024, 10:38 AM Nov 14

This 'morphing' wheel could allow wheelchairs to climb stairs - Reuters

Engineers at the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials have developed a shapeshifting 'morphing' wheel that changes its stiffness in real-time, allowing wheelchairs and other mobility devices to overcome obstacles with ease.

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This 'morphing' wheel could allow wheelchairs to climb stairs - Reuters (Original Post) TexasTowelie Nov 14 OP

Very impressive. Also looks to be very expensive. dchill Nov 14 #1

Wow, that's brilliant wendyb-NC Nov 14 #2

The wheel reinvented. Too bad about global warming. 1WorldHope Nov 14 #3

dchill

(40,750 posts)

1. Very impressive. Also looks to be very expensive.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Thu Nov 14, 2024, 10:43 AM

Nov 14

wendyb-NC

(3,881 posts)

2. Wow, that's brilliant

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Thu Nov 14, 2024, 12:10 PM

Nov 14

That would be a game changer, for anyone who uses a wheel chair, to get around.

1WorldHope

(919 posts)

3. The wheel reinvented. Too bad about global warming.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Thu Nov 14, 2024, 12:19 PM

Nov 14

Humans. A few are so freaking smart. But most are screaming chimpanzees.

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