TankChair gets updated, goes where no wheelchair has gone before

This extremely extreme wheelchair mixes two very distinct, yet not disharmonious, aesthetics: tank treads and, what appears to be, the most comfortable seating apparatus modern science can come up with. This isn't the first TankChair – that one came out in 2006 – but the newer TankChair has made some notable improvements, including a lower center of gravity, more torque, a stronger chassis, and the aforementioned comfy seat. We're not sure about the cost or availability but, for the right person, we can imagine the new TankChair being a godsend for the rural handicapped.

[Via Crave]

[kal326 @ Jan 10th 2008 10:45AM]

I bet you Stephen Hawking gets one....

[Mark @ Jan 10th 2008 10:48AM]

Fenders.

[Blake Bowen @ Jan 10th 2008 10:54AM]

God, flip that thing and it's break you in half...

[wesg @ Jan 10th 2008 10:54AM]

I'm not handicapped, and I still want one.

[r19578 @ Jan 10th 2008 1:30PM]

Be careful, if it rolled over, you might be handicapped for real.

[drakono @ Jan 10th 2008 11:01AM]

Videos! (Puddles, snow, ditches, ....)

http://www.tankchair.com/video.htm

[Camperton @ Jan 10th 2008 11:56AM]

http://www.impawards.com/1986/eliminators.html

[Peter @ Jan 10th 2008 11:01AM]

Half man, half machine? I must get my hands on this contraption. /Stewie

[danny @ Jan 10th 2008 11:02AM]

Dammit. Beat me to the Stephen Hawking joke.

[Andrew @ Jan 10th 2008 11:02AM]

Cuz Stephan Hawking jokes are sooo funny.

[danny @ Jan 10th 2008 11:06AM]

Oh well here's one for you then:

(While impersonating Stephen Hawking)
"I f*ck my nurse with my ever-expanding c*ck"

-Knocked Up

[bcollinstex @ Jan 10th 2008 11:03AM]

I would totally drive over the less fortunate.

[michas_pi @ Jan 10th 2008 12:35PM]

Technically, the one in the chair is the less fortunate one, so wouldn't you be mowing down the more fortunate?

[bcollinstex @ Jan 10th 2008 2:15PM]

They are less fortunate because I have a tank wheelchair.

[michas_pi @ Jan 10th 2008 9:21PM]

Ah, I see what you did there.

[ketyung @ Jan 10th 2008 11:04AM]

I love the idea getting Stephen Hawking to have one of these chairs :D

[Raz @ Jan 10th 2008 11:05AM]

Its the answer to the question: "If I shoot myself in the foot, do you think I will get discharged and sent home?"

[Raz @ Jan 10th 2008 11:19AM]

It's (of course)

[Jonathan Bergeron @ Jan 10th 2008 11:08AM]

i want one.

[Zakk @ Jan 10th 2008 11:11AM]

And here I am using my legs like a sucker...

[Blaktornado @ Jan 10th 2008 11:23AM]

I'm buying one of these, even if I'm not disabled AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT.

[supermeerkat @ Jan 10th 2008 11:34AM]

Does it play Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" when it moves?

[KillerSiafu @ Jan 10th 2008 11:42AM]

Now can we attach missiles or at least a 50-cal machine gun?

[L.Cyphre @ Jan 10th 2008 11:52AM]

"improvements"!? They still hadn't added my damned chaingun!

[L.Cyphre @ Jan 10th 2008 11:53AM]

"improvements"!? They still didn't add my damned chaingun!

[Karl Viklund @ Jan 10th 2008 12:16PM]

So now handicapped people will be sent to war?

[Karl Viklund @ Jan 10th 2008 12:16PM]

So now handicapped people will be sent to war?

[Generic @ Jan 10th 2008 12:17PM]

feels weird looking at that dirt flying around from the chain with that pristine looking leather chair zipping up above

[OneLove @ Jan 10th 2008 12:33PM]

I once saw a fat lady riding a hover round in the snow. lol.

[Ipaq3115 @ Jan 10th 2008 1:07PM]

But will it blend? That is the question...

Oh and how fast does it go???

[Sirocco @ Jan 10th 2008 7:11PM]

If the seats are made of memory foam I'll certainly order one.

[Sirocco @ Jan 10th 2008 7:12PM]

If the seats are made of memory foam I'll certainly order one.

[Hedgie @ Jan 10th 2008 9:27PM]

I'd like to play Doom on one of these.

[TheTruth @ Jan 10th 2008 11:37PM]

I think this is great, I really think its sad that they haven't been able to produce real limbs that can read real nerve signals (which they have already developed, but haven't produced yet).
At least those wheelchair bound can now go off-road, where before they would need to be taken by someone else.

[wheely64 @ Jan 16th 2008 7:56PM]

I use a power chair and my god I would love a tank chair. WOW Sweet