FITCHBURG – Take a Madison entrepreneur, put him in a situation outside his comfort zone, and just watch him figure out a novel way to approach it. That's what led to the creation of Rowheels, a ...

Add electric drive to any ordinary, manual wheelchair with the WHILL add-on. The amped up wheelchairs can reach top speeds of over 12 mph. The aftermarket augmentation device (pictured), made by ...

A new wheel design by Salim Nasser -- a NASA engineer, inventor and quadriplegic -- can reduce the repetitive stress injuries that many wheelchair users face. Popular Science reports. With standard ...

If you or a loved one has been dealing with mobility issues, you may be considering purchasing a manual wheelchair. Wheelchairs offer people with limited mobility to get around quickly and without ...

The collapsible manual wheelchair was invented in 1933 by Harry Jennings, a mechanical engineer from the United States. Today, there is a vast number of models, for those powered by arm strength as ...

Cyclists have been enjoying the benefits of gears for over a hundred years now but the wheelchair-bound have been stuck with the single 1:1 speed ratio on manual wheelchairs come flat ground or hilly ...

New ergonomic designs for wheelchairs are introducing more efficient propulsion systems which reduce strain on the human upper body. A common problem among wheelchair users is the physical stress ...