An amazing thing happened when an inventor and his best friend, an athletically-inclined paraplegic, got together and decided to make getting around a bit easier. They came up with and tested a ...

A New Zealand designer is revamping the traditional wheelchair design with a new model that frees the arms of the user. Instead of using the hands to create movement, the user moves their upper body ...

Say what you will about the Segway, but despite its relatively high dorkiness factor, it was totally ahead of its time when it was first released back in 2001. Since then, the machine’s gyroscopically ...

The inventor and manufacturer of a revolutionary new wheelchair is today launching a public appeal to develop it further and build 10 prototypes. Kevin Halsall’s Ogo wheelchair was a finalist at the ...

The first time New Zealand inventor Kevin Halsall stepped on a Segway, he saw the potential of using the technology to build a wheelchair that could be controlled without a joystick or requiring the ...

You know what the best best friends do? Invent something that is going to change their buddy’s life. That is what Kevin Halsall of New Zealand did when he created a hands-free, active-motion ...