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Innovative new electric wheelchair
cafc93
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Hi guys - I wanted to share the details of The Centaur - an incredible new personal electric vehicle designed to help the elderly and those with mobility issues.
They are crowdfunding at the moment on Crowdcube - you can access their campaign using the link below:
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They are crowdfunding at the moment on Crowdcube - you can access their campaign using the link below:
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Is there any kind of newsletter or anything I might be able to share the campaign in? Thanks.
No clue what the price will be . Nor weight. Doesn't look easy to transport.
Doesn't look like an epioc, either. Kerb climbing? Rough ground?
Looks like a modified gyroscope, but for a disabled person, can balance be maintained?
Heaven knows a new smooth looking design is welcome. But....
At a glance, no option for sideways transfer, no twist seat, no option to get arm out of the diagonal obstructing position.
No clue on suspension, no shock absorbing, no padding.
Rising seats are no longer a novelty.
And for goodness sake, no variation on the age old enforcement of hand position and of no option to alternate hand strain. Above all, the usual fixing of the control at the end of the armrest, so both the vital delicate part of machine, and of user, get maximum bashing from doorways or passers by.
Did any human ever choose to sit bolt upright, holding an arm rigidly at right angle, using only one hand, as a useful position to control a laptop, a game, a steering wheel, a book, or anything, at all, ever?
No, of course not. But every electric wheelchair demands this. Why?
Blasted horrible huge footprint mobility scooters do at least allow hand change, and central position.
But I want an 8mph EPIOC that gets me on the road, then gets me round indoors, easily, and lets me rest and position my spine as suits me, and cushions it from jolts. And for longer trips it should dismantle for transport. And tyres should allow for different surfaces. And it should look cool.
Since the Covid, I'm scared of transport other people have just vacated, so even black cabs won't do, and I need maximum use of my own personal bubble of transport.