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South Korean Researchers Develop Morphing Wheel to Overcome Obstacles
A team of researchers from the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) has developed a morphing wheel that can adapt to a range of obstacles, making it suitable for use in wheelchairs, unmanned delivery vehicles, and robots. The wheel can overcome obstacles up to 1.3 times its radius in height, offering a flexible solution to enhance mobi...
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South Korea's 'Morphing Wheel' Could Make Wheelchairs Climb Stairs
The morphing wheel consists of an outer hoop of a chain and a series of spoke wires running through the hub.
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Biden Casts 2024 Election Ballot Near His Delaware Home
Biden chatted with voters as he waited in line to cast his ballot, and helped push an older woman in a wheelchair who ahead of him. The president waited in line for about 40 minutes before he cast his ballot.
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Disabled UK Journalist Forced To Crawl On Flight Due To Lack Of Wheelchair
A British journalist, who lost his legs in a 2004 war reporting attack, faced a humiliating and discriminatory experience on a LOT Polish Airlines flight.
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Watch: Japan Star Celebrates Tennis Gold By Spinning Wheelchair, But Wheel Comes Off
Oda, who at 18 years and 123 days became the youngest ever Paralympic men's wheelchair singles champion, celebrated by spinning on his wheelchair but the force of it took the wheels off his chair.
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Blog | "They'd Give Their Right Arm For Him": Remembering India's 'Sabre Killer'
"He didn't know how to slow down. At 89, he had a fall and broke his hip bone. But even in a wheelchair, he was cracking jokes and smiling through the pain". How friends remembering India's 'sabre killer' Denzil Keelor
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All You Need To Know About Wheelchair Basketball At Paralympics 2024
Wheelchair basketball is one of the most followed sports in Paralympics.
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"If Everything Goes Right, Will Bring Gold": Paralympic Cyclist Shaik Arshad
Shaik Arshad explored various sports, including archery and wheelchair fencing, winning numerous medals at the state level.
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Old Note Urging Differently Abled To "Come Upstairs" To Use Lift Goes Viral, Sparks Outrage Online
A note outside a building has left social media users baffled. The note instructs people to climb upstairs and inform a staff member that they need to use the life designed for them.
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"More Mature In My Technique": Avani Lekhara Says Paralympics Just Another Competition
Avani Lekhara would have never taken up shooting if not for the persuasion of her parents two years after a catastrophic car mishap left her paralysed waist down and confined to a wheelchair at the age of 11.
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This Belarusian Wheelchair Barista Claims To "Make The World Better"
With its sleek interior and freshly ground coffee, the cafe run by Belarusian exile Sasha Avdevich may at first glance seem like yet another trendy spot in Warsaw.
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Bangladesh Ex PM Khaleda Zia Freed Day After Rival Sheikh Hasina's Ouster
Khaleda Zia is in poor health, confined to a wheelchair with rheumatoid arthritis and struggling with diabetes and cirrhosis of the liver.
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Woman, 84, Made To Wait Over 3 Hours For Wheelchair At Tarmac Of Delhi Airport
An 84-year-old Parkinson's disease-affected woman had to wait for over three hours for a wheelchair at the tarmac of Delhi airport after her arrival from Jaipur on an Alliance Air flight on Sunday.
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Dead Man Put In Wheelchair, Family Told To Collect Body From Assam Jail
A man, dressed in a blue T-shirt and denims, lay slumped in a wheelchair outside an Assam jail. The 27-year-old man was dead. The family was asked to take the body home.
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Young Tunisian Behind "Smart Wheelchairs" Are In Line To Win Big Prize
A smart wheelchair system built by a team of young Tunisian women engineers has reached the finals for a prestigious European Inventors' prize, setting a hopeful precedent in a country embroiled in multiple crises.
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South Korean Researchers Develop Morphing Wheel to Overcome Obstacles
A team of researchers from the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) has developed a morphing wheel that can adapt to a range of obstacles, making it suitable for use in wheelchairs, unmanned delivery vehicles, and robots. The wheel can overcome obstacles up to 1.3 times its radius in height, offering a flexible solution to enhance mobi...
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South Korea's 'Morphing Wheel' Could Make Wheelchairs Climb Stairs
The morphing wheel consists of an outer hoop of a chain and a series of spoke wires running through the hub.
-
Biden Casts 2024 Election Ballot Near His Delaware Home
Biden chatted with voters as he waited in line to cast his ballot, and helped push an older woman in a wheelchair who ahead of him. The president waited in line for about 40 minutes before he cast his ballot.
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Disabled UK Journalist Forced To Crawl On Flight Due To Lack Of Wheelchair
A British journalist, who lost his legs in a 2004 war reporting attack, faced a humiliating and discriminatory experience on a LOT Polish Airlines flight.
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Watch: Japan Star Celebrates Tennis Gold By Spinning Wheelchair, But Wheel Comes Off
Oda, who at 18 years and 123 days became the youngest ever Paralympic men's wheelchair singles champion, celebrated by spinning on his wheelchair but the force of it took the wheels off his chair.
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Blog | "They'd Give Their Right Arm For Him": Remembering India's 'Sabre Killer'
"He didn't know how to slow down. At 89, he had a fall and broke his hip bone. But even in a wheelchair, he was cracking jokes and smiling through the pain". How friends remembering India's 'sabre killer' Denzil Keelor
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All You Need To Know About Wheelchair Basketball At Paralympics 2024
Wheelchair basketball is one of the most followed sports in Paralympics.
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"If Everything Goes Right, Will Bring Gold": Paralympic Cyclist Shaik Arshad
Shaik Arshad explored various sports, including archery and wheelchair fencing, winning numerous medals at the state level.
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Old Note Urging Differently Abled To "Come Upstairs" To Use Lift Goes Viral, Sparks Outrage Online
A note outside a building has left social media users baffled. The note instructs people to climb upstairs and inform a staff member that they need to use the life designed for them.
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"More Mature In My Technique": Avani Lekhara Says Paralympics Just Another Competition
Avani Lekhara would have never taken up shooting if not for the persuasion of her parents two years after a catastrophic car mishap left her paralysed waist down and confined to a wheelchair at the age of 11.
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This Belarusian Wheelchair Barista Claims To "Make The World Better"
With its sleek interior and freshly ground coffee, the cafe run by Belarusian exile Sasha Avdevich may at first glance seem like yet another trendy spot in Warsaw.
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Bangladesh Ex PM Khaleda Zia Freed Day After Rival Sheikh Hasina's Ouster
Khaleda Zia is in poor health, confined to a wheelchair with rheumatoid arthritis and struggling with diabetes and cirrhosis of the liver.
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Woman, 84, Made To Wait Over 3 Hours For Wheelchair At Tarmac Of Delhi Airport
An 84-year-old Parkinson's disease-affected woman had to wait for over three hours for a wheelchair at the tarmac of Delhi airport after her arrival from Jaipur on an Alliance Air flight on Sunday.
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Dead Man Put In Wheelchair, Family Told To Collect Body From Assam Jail
A man, dressed in a blue T-shirt and denims, lay slumped in a wheelchair outside an Assam jail. The 27-year-old man was dead. The family was asked to take the body home.
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Young Tunisian Behind "Smart Wheelchairs" Are In Line To Win Big Prize
A smart wheelchair system built by a team of young Tunisian women engineers has reached the finals for a prestigious European Inventors' prize, setting a hopeful precedent in a country embroiled in multiple crises.
