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Case Study: Leveraged Freedom Chair, by Amos Winter, Jake Childs and Jung Tak
Enabling Freedom for the Disabled in Developing Countries
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Hey, very nice site. I came across this on Google, and I am stoked that I did. I will definitely be coming back here more often. Wish I could add to the conversation and bring a bit more to the table, but am just taking in as much info as I can at the moment. Thanks for sharing.Hand Driven Tricycle IndiaKeep Posting:)
'm a C3-C4-C5 paraplegic, my arms are the 85% functioning but my legs are its 35% and deteriorating its functionality fast. would appreciate if you could inform me via email on how I could avail or purchase even the basic LFC.
Thank you and God bless.
same as Brian, I'm a wheelchair user as well, and iwould like to try one my self or buy one
Also to comment about the people with upper body issues it's clear that the levers can easily be replaced with a motor mechanic to make it a power chair. I don't know why they build power chairs so bulky. A simple chair with 2 motors, one to control each wheel would be perfect. Take and put a 27 speed gear like a bike on it and use the bicycle chain to power the wheels by a motor bolted on underneath the chair. It's not that hard to design a new prototype for those that don't have upper mobility.
I think Mark's comment is just a little out there in the fact you haven't sat in the chair and you don't need anything but your arms to be mobile with wheelchairs. That's why I say that yes if you don't have any arm movement that I'm sure they come up with something to make it work.
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I'm not sure what their research revealed, or who their target market is but the last image summarizes the only issue I have with Continuum's design. I find that many product disability products come to the same 'solution' and that is to try and make it cool. Now withholding your judgement, wheelchairs are not a cool product (ok so they were in primary school) and to me, when the designer attempts to make them so, the user comes off as being try hard. It creates an irony that could almost be perceived as ridiculing the disabled user.
I agree that regular wheelchair designs themselves almost feel disabled, but I think this just went a little to far to try and solve that. I feel that less fluid, streamlined forms, and more conservative, muted colors and styling would work better without compromising on any functionality.
It's great to see someone thinking about this problem. My next question - can this model be adapted for use by someone without the upper body or trunk strength to use the hand levers?
But fantastic work! I wish this project all the success it deserves.