How a Dad Designed a Power Wheelchair for His Son

Failures should be taken in stride. Especially in engineering. This dad, who failed to repair a kitchen scale used its sensors to convert a wheel chair for his virtually totally incapacitated son to steer using tiny toe pressures.

A moving CE feat in more senses than one.

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