http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/ Engadget Comments for Self-balancing wheelchair wins Autodesk Inventor Student Design Contest http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/Jul 6th 2007 6:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/Jul 8th 2007 8:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/
Everyone thinks the Segway is some uber awesome thing that breaks the laws of physics ... nah, the platform you stand on his below the center of the wheels. No big deal.]]>Jul 6th 2007 6:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/Jul 6th 2007 10:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/Jul 6th 2007 6:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBOT
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My brother has an ibot which also can balance on two wheels. it can climb and descend stairs.

http://www.ibotnow.com/ibot/


What is so amazing about this?]]>Jul 6th 2007 7:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/Jul 6th 2007 7:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/
cool? sure. Inventive? sure... if you're the inventor.]]>Jul 6th 2007 7:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/Jul 6th 2007 7:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/Jul 6th 2007 7:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/Jul 6th 2007 10:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/Jul 6th 2007 11:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/
Did you guys actually took the time to read the source of your article?!?]]>Jul 6th 2007 7:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/Jul 6th 2007 7:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/
"Wheelchair for the 21st Century

Michal Piersa, Milosz Jamrozy, Igor Modelski,
Bogusz Radziemski, Rafal Krzysiak and Kamil Ruszczyk
Politechnika Warszawska, Poland "
http://students6.autodesk.com/?nd=competition_winners&lbon=1]]>Jul 7th 2007 4:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/Jul 6th 2007 7:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/
~A]]>Jul 8th 2007 3:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/Jul 6th 2007 11:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/Jul 6th 2007 9:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/
i think the wheels should be on the outside though with the rails on the inside. only makes sense because the rider's forearms are going to get all chewed up by the wheels.]]>Jul 6th 2007 9:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/All they need to add now are some streamers by the breaks for some extra 'style'.]]>Jul 7th 2007 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/Jul 8th 2007 1:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/Jul 7th 2007 12:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/Jul 7th 2007 6:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/Jul 9th 2007 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/self-balancing-wheelchair-wins-autodesk-inventor-student-design/Jul 9th 2007 5:58PM