Category Archives: Wheelchair News

The GoPro camera has become a huge sensation in the last few years because it allows people to actively record their lives while doing any sort of activity. GoPro cameras allow people to record their experiences while being able to do so non-stop without having to hold onto a camera. Wheelchairs users are using the […]

Are Cops Properly Trained To Deal With People With Disabilities? Every police force in the United States should be properly trained to handle situations with people with disabilities. We have seen recently that law enforcement agencies do not have enough training and experience to correctly assess these situations. Due to this lack of training, violence […]

Living With Depression Can Have A Long Term Effect On Your Health Depression affects more than 35 million adults each year. Of these, 6.5 million are over the age of 65. In the later years of a person’s life, changes occur that can lead to depression. These include medical illnesses, death of spouses or other loved ones […]

Wheelchairs, Handcycles and Mobility Impaired Are Off at the Boston Marathon Six mobility impaired racers, 30 in wheelchairs and 24 using hand-cycles will participate in the Boston Marathon on Monday, according to the Boston Athletic Association website. Selfie. Pre race jitters. All systems check for @jhboston26 tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/ufgR3Teff9 — Ernst van Dyk (@ErnstvanDyk) April 21, […]

Seeking to expand its pool of user-testers, Google is making Google Glass, its camera-laden wearable computer, available to the general public for a single day. Previously, Glass was available only to select Explorers and those invited by the Explorers. The cost? A mere $1,500. Purchasing Glass will give buyers the chance to join a small but growing […]

MIT research scientist Matt Walter and Ph.D. candidate Sachi Hemachandra have built something that could revolutionize the way people with progressive neurological conditions get from place to place — it’s a robotic wheelchair that understands basic voice commands for navigating around a space. After building a map of its surroundings and being taught the location […]

Potential Liar: Online Dating Red Flags With more than 40 million men and women online looking for love, there are bound to be some scam artists out there. A “catfish” is a person who creates a false online identity in the hopes of luring people into romantic relationships. Nev Schulman starred in the 2010 documentary, Catfish, […]

1. Aqua Teen Hunger Force bomb scare Boston has a high enough profile that it could reasonably be the target of a terrorist attack, and citizens and authorities are right to be cautious if they see a potential threat. Of course, Cartoon Network and its parent company, Turner Broadcasting, didn’t consider this fact when they launched a […]

Three Marines Stabbed During Dodgers vs Angels Game Three Marines were attacked and stabbed during a downtown Huntington Beach street fight. Police attempted to piece together the triggering event of violence between Dodgers and Angels baseball fans. Officers were called to handle a disupt on Sunday. As a result, six people were arrested for fighting over the […]

Puente Hills Fault Line Could Have Devastating Effects Experts say a bigger earthquake along the lesser-known fault that gave Southern California a moderate shake could do more damage to the region than the long-dreaded “Big One” from the more famous San Andreas Fault. The Puente Hills thrust fault, which brought Friday night’s magnitude-5.1 quake centered […]