Thread: why can't our wheelchair's do more ?
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Old 09-12-2006, 01:47 PM
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Bob Triming of Australia modded his wheelchair to run on solar panels. The solar panels turns out provides Bob with dual benefits -- the solar panels give him an extra 30 mins of power on sunny days, and also acts as an umbrella on rainy days.

http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive...heelchair.html
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