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  • Phoenix Instinct creates smart wheelchair with "intelligent centre of gravity"

    Scottish designer Phoenix Instinct has developed a lightweight wheelchair with a movable axle position that automatically adjusts the chair's centre of gravity to stop overbalancing. More

    Tom Ravenscroft | 3 December 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Suzanne Brewer's Walking Wheelchair is nominated for a Dezeen Award

    Suzanne Brewer develops "Segway-style" wheelchair that allows users to stand upright

    London architect Suzanne Brewer has created a prototype wheelchair with only two wheels and a saddle seat that takes the user from seated to standing in one fluid movement. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 28 September 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Hoobox Wheelie 7 facial expressions wheelchair

    Hoobox launches first wheelchair controlled by facial expressions

    Brazilian start-up Hoobox Robotics has collaborated with Intel to produce an adapter kit that allows almost any electric wheelchair to be controlled by the user's facial expressions. More

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 15 January 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Mobility Unlimited Challenge shortlist

    Five designers awarded $500,000 each to develop mobility devices for lower-limb paralysis

    The designers of an electric wheelchair share scheme and two exoskeletons are among the five finalists of the Mobility Unlimited Challenge who will be given $500,000 each to develop their prototypes. More

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 7 January 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Dyson Air Chair

    Student-designed Air Chair allows disabled passengers to use one chair for whole journey

    Two students from the United Arab Emirates have proposed a new type of wheelchair for air travel that saves disabled passengers from having to shift from one seat to another. More

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 14 December 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Superstar graphene wheelchair by Küschall

    Superstar is a graphene wheelchair that promises strength and lightness

    Swiss company Küschall has made a wheelchair it claims is the world's lightest, using wonder material graphene. More

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 22 October 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Go wheelchair by Benjamin Hubert's Layer

    Benjamin Hubert's 3D-printed wheelchair to launch during Clerkenwell Design Week

    Clerkenwell Design Week 2016: Benjamin Hubert's London studio Layer has unveiled photographs and a movie of its made-to-measure, 3D-printed wheelchair, ahead of its launch next week.  More

    Alice Morby | 18 May 2016 | 22 comments
  • BMW wheelchair

    BMW redesigns racing wheelchair for Paralympic athletes

    Rio 2016: car brand BMW has worked with the US Paralympic team to create a racing wheelchair that they claim to be both faster and more comfortable than previous models. More

    Alice Morby | 4 May 2016 | 3 comments
  • Go by Layer Design x Materialise

    Benjamin Hubert's Layer designs "world's first" 3D-printed consumer wheelchair

    Clerkenwell Design Week 2016: Benjamin Hubert's London studio Layer has unveiled designs for a made-to-measure wheelchair that will be manufactured using 3D-printing technology. More

    Alice Morby | 3 May 2016 | 18 comments
  • Paralympic design: 3D printed seats for wheelchair basketball

    Paralympic design: 3D-printed seats for wheelchair basketball

    The first tailor-made 3D printed seats for wheelchair basketball are being used by competitors at the London 2012 Paralympics. More

    Dan Howarth | 5 September 2012 | 1 comment
  • Paralympic design: wheelchair rugby

    Paralympic design: wheelchair rugby

    Chairs used in the wheelchair rugby event at the London 2012 Paralympics are designed to withstand heavy impacts and be easily manoeuvrable. More

    Dan Howarth | 1 September 2012 | 1 comment
  • Paralympic design: Draft Mistral racing wheelchairs

    Paralympic design: Draft Mistral racing wheelchairs

    Bespoke racing wheelchairs designed and manufactured by UK firm Draft will be used by a number of medal hopefuls during the London 2012 Paralympics, including Beijing gold medalist David Weir and London Marathon winner Shelly Woods (below). More

    Dan Howarth | 30 August 2012 | Leave a comment
  • Air Access by Priestmangoode

    Paralympic athletes headed for London 2012 have inspired transport design studio Priestmangoode to create a conceptual airline seat with a detachable wheelchair. More

    Rose Etherington | 23 August 2012 | 7 comments
  • Sclavi’s Rolling Chair by Sergio Calatroni Artroom

    Sergio Calatroni Art Room in Milan have customised a wheelchair for Italian art director Fabrizio Sclavi. More

    Brad Turner | 16 September 2009 | 9 comments

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