I really like the idea of the ibot wheelchair. As I felt that one of the big problem of beeing in a wheelchair is that you´re always is seated, and it´s hard to get eye contact. A wheelchair that can raise you up to eye level would ease the life of people in a wheelchair. Since the segway exist the technique would make it possible to have a four wheel wheelchair “stand” on two wheels and be able to move around on two wheels. This would make people in wheelchair able to do more things and increase their independence and lower the stigmatization.
This is a good idea of how i can be designed.
A general feeling I get when I see all the things that are designed for people with physical impairments is that it seems that every designer for those things have missed a crucial part of the design process. The way the thing looks! I haven’t seen one good looking thing, except from a few which have been modified by the owner.
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