The first fourth dimension New Zealand artificer Kevin Halsall stepped on a Segway , he go out the potential of using the technology to ramp up a wheelchair that could be control without a control stick or require the rider to use their hands at all . So he bought one , ransack it down , and turned it into theOgo .
Because the Ogo wheelchair started off as a $ 14,000 Segway , it ’s the only prototype in existence . But Halsall has been capable to refine its design to the pointedness where he ’s confident that with a few more little tweak , it ’s ready to be commercialise .
The Segway is control by the rider lean forwards and back while maneuver with a pair of handlebars in handwriting . But the Ogo require a little more finesse , and Halsall has fine-tune the electronics to be more responsive to movements from the passenger ’s marrow muscles . Leaning forward and back still propels it in those same direction , but side - to - side drive are also now taken into chronicle for steerage .
There ’s no countersign on how much the Ogo could cost , but it ’s get into that every single unit will start with an actual Segway so the price tag will be even more than those self - balancing toys . But with an average mountain range of around 18 international nautical mile on a undivided charge , it could be used all daytime long giving those who rely on a wheelchair a considerable boost in mobility and exemption .
[ StuffviaDamn Geeky ]
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