I came across this news story about a “revolutionary wheelchair.” It looks plain scary to me! But I thought I would ask those in the Doper community who use wheelchairs their opinion.
I don’t use a chair all the time, though I have sometimes, and this looks DAMN cool…
Dean Kamen is a effin genius. That chair has been around for a while, actually, and is in the final stages of FDA approval. They will cost a pretty penny, though.
It has been approved by the FDA, and at the bottom of the article, it says it should retail for about $20,000! :eek:
I’ve seen videos of it before, and it’s everything awesome people say it is.
$20,000???
Wow. That’s eight thousand more than my CAR cost me.
It had BETTER be as cool as it looks!
I don’t imagine that a normal powered wheelchair is that cheap either.
Wonder how much of it is covered by insurance?