Word: wheelchairs
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...carry on his legacy and only recently began to slow down her efforts. Having suffered a stroke in August 2005, King made a surprising appearance at a children's program in mid-January during events surrounding the annual commemoration of King's birthday. Passive and regal in a wheelchair, King did not speak but welcomed a line of children to her side...
...have a new, funky design, something different from the old-fashioned look they now have. The current styles have become too monotonous. Cars, like everything else, need frequent new approaches to exterior and engine design. I was excited to learn that the Tweel has been tested on a wheelchair and on military vehicles. I look forward to seeing Tweels on our cars as they zoom down the road. Akshay Mor Bangalore, India Your list of inventions left me yawning. There weren't any great breakthroughs to dazzle the imagination or inspire hope, or new products that promise to move civilization...
...have a new, funky design, something different from the old-fashioned look they now have. The current styles have become too monotonous. Cars, like everything else, need frequent new approaches to exterior and engine design. I was excited to learn that the Tweel has been tested on a wheelchair and on military vehicles. I look forward to seeing Tweels on our cars as they zoom down the road. Akshay Mor Bangalore, India...
...afraid I'd be stabbed in the back," she recalls. "I thought somebody would break into my house and kill me there. I couldn't write. I couldn't walk. I had severe numbness in my feet, to the point where I was looking into getting a motorized wheelchair." Her affliction turned out to be Lyme disease, which she caught in the U.S., probably from an insect bite, though she doesn't know how. Her illness, which went undiagnosed for four years, can cause emotional problems. "I'll never be cured completely," she says now, 21/2 years after beginning antibiotic...
...shock-absorbing rubber tread band distributes pressure to dozens of flexible polyurethane spokes. The spokes in turn are supported by an aluminum center. Because the Tweel is airless, it is more rugged than a pneumatic tire and never goes flat. The Tweel has been tested on the IBOT robotic wheelchair and military vehicles. But you won't see it on your Honda anytime soon. Michelin says it is still too noisy for automotive applications. Next Product: Clean machine...