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...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...
Meanwhile, the Fogg Art Museum, built in 1927 and not renovated since, is neither climate-controlled nor air-conditioned nor wheelchair accessible. In fact, the building is so grossly outdated that it can only display one to two percent of the university’s collection of artwork. I have been told by faculty members that Harvard literally must reject donations of artwork because there is nowhere to put them...
...retirement in 1987, he split his work between the Yard, HBS, and, starting in 1980, the Extension School. During this time, he and his wife lived in Quincy House as resident tutors. He continued to work at the Extension School until last spring, although he was in a wheelchair due to a broken hip. Raymond was born in Newark, New Jersey, on June 19, 1917, and graduated from Montclair State Teachers’ College in 1942. He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II and then went on to receive an MBA from...