March 30, 2016 2 WHILL Receives FDA Clearance for Next-Generation Wheelchair WHILL, Inc. (WHILL) announced in San Francisco recently that it has received U.S. Food and Drug [...]
January 8, 2016 0 AccessNow: Interactive Tool That Shows Accessible Locations For Wheelchair Users A big hurdle for people in wheelchairs is that they need accessibility (ramps, automatic doors, [...]
November 4, 2015 0 Assistive Technology & Rehabilitation Facilities At Helen Hayes Hospital Helen Hayes Hospital, located in West Haverstraw, NY and known for its specialty rehabilitation facilities, [...]
September 28, 2015 3 Wheelchair Friendly Cities Of The World Ever wondered which cities around the world are wheelchair friendly and why? Look at the interactive story [...]
September 19, 2015 0 Monkey Helpers Provide Assistance To People With Spinal Cord Injuries And Other Disabilities Just like seeing eye dogs help blind people navigate and dodge obstacles, monkey helpers are highly trained [...]
July 28, 2015 2 [VIDEO] Assistive Technology For Quadriplegic Student: Conversation With Francis Feoko I recently got a chance to talk with Francis Feoko, a C5 quadriplegic, who is a sophomore in the Bay Area in [...]
May 11, 2015 1 Lightest and Least Expensive Electric Wheelchair For Children Tanner Jensen and Skyler Jensen, aged 3 years and 20 months, are two brothers who like to play with each [...]
March 8, 2015 0 Ripchair Provides Full Independence To Wheelchair Users So They Could Enjoy The Outdoors Again When summer comes, the first thing we think of is the great outdoors! Some like to hike, swim, bike whereas [...]
February 2, 2015 0 Reemo: Wearable That Can Automate The Entire House Al Baker from Playtabase In recent years, we have seen a ton of wearables that do a lot of things – [...]
July 11, 2014 0 Parrot Speak To Call: Hands Free Phone Software As we saw in the last post, spinal cord injuries or paralysis can render arms unusable. Anyone with not so [...]