MIT Grads Launch All-Terrain Wheelchair in US
From: Product Design & Development - 11/25/2014

Global Research Innovation and Technology (GRIT) recently launched a
successful Kickstarter campaign to fund the US debut of their founding
technology, the Leveraged Freedom Chair (LFC).

Made out of widely available bike parts, the original LFC's design is based
on simple geometry and eliminates the need for complex mechanisms or
high-tech elements. By pushing on two levers and adjusting the height of
their grip, LFC users vary the torque going into the drivetrain as needed,
based on the environment.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.pddnet.com/news/2014/11/mit-grads-launch-all-terrain-wheelchair-us

Links:
Rethinking the Wheelchair
http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2014/11/rethinking-wheelchair

Freedom Chair: The Adaptive All-Terrain Mobility Machine
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gogrit/freedom-chair-the-adaptive-all-terrain-mobility-ma

Global Research Innovation and Technology
http://www.gogrit.org/

Leveraged Freedom Chair
http://gogrit.org/lfc.html

GRIT Freedom Chair (with video 5:07)
http://www.abilitiesexpo.com/community/freedom-chair.html