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TexasTowelie

(128,150 posts)
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 11:38 AM Nov 2024

This 'morphing' wheel could allow wheelchairs to climb stairs - Reuters



Engineers at the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials have developed a shapeshifting 'morphing' wheel that changes its stiffness in real-time, allowing wheelchairs and other mobility devices to overcome obstacles with ease.
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This 'morphing' wheel could allow wheelchairs to climb stairs - Reuters (Original Post) TexasTowelie Nov 2024 OP
Very impressive. Also looks to be very expensive. dchill Nov 2024 #1
Wow, that's brilliant wendyb-NC Nov 2024 #2
The wheel reinvented. Too bad about global warming. 1WorldHope Nov 2024 #3

wendyb-NC

(4,732 posts)
2. Wow, that's brilliant
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 01:10 PM
Nov 2024

That would be a game changer, for anyone who uses a wheel chair, to get around.

1WorldHope

(2,158 posts)
3. The wheel reinvented. Too bad about global warming.
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 01:19 PM
Nov 2024

Humans. A few are so freaking smart. But most are screaming chimpanzees.

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