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A Slam-Dunk Design for a Wheelchair

Posted on July 23, 2008

When they were students at the University of Illinois, Ricky Biddle, Eric Larson and Ben Shao decided to do something for the disabled athletes involved in wheelchair basketball. This sport is inherently dangerous, and injuries resulting from collisions are frequent. The other intrinsic problem is the need for participants to use hands not only to dribble the ball but to control the wheelchair. So the three chaps teamed up with Austin Cliffe, another designer, and have come up with a prototype Balance Sport Wheelchair, now Gold winner of the 2008 International Design Excellence Award in Medica...

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athlete , athletes , balance , basketball