There was once when i was walking on the streets and saw a malay old man struggling to move his wheelchair because his hands were tired.I attribute this idea to him and people whom i've seen who lack both arms and legs.
The problem with normal wheelchairs is that it is tiring for the owners to use them especially if they are elderly.So,i suggest we use button and battery operated electric chairs.Electric chairs do exist in the market but are not very convenient due to their bulkiness and other limitation properties.Can any engineering major think of making them lighter?And these electric chairs are certainly not useful for arm-lacking people .For these people,we can have buttons accessible near their mouth area so that they can move their wheelchairs using a pen held by their lip muscles.
And the second problem is as such.Physiotherapists warn that the movement of muscles is necessary for a person's good health and survival.There was one a physiotherapist told me that her patient died because she was unable to make him work his muscles and the muscle cells started "dying" out..I was thinking if we could incooperate OSIM like muscle excercising machines to the wheelchairs because the users cannot use their non-moving limps.
Heh,what you all think?Am sorry for posting so many times.I couldn't attend the previous meeting so i thought i'd post them so i cld have some comments.
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“We are a part, not apart.” Our idea of trying to help patients to be independent is certainly a noble one. Firstly, it will be better to focus on paralyzed patients with arms because I sincerely think that arm-lacking and paralyzed patients do need someone be around and take care of them. Secondly, it will be good to target either convenience (light weight electric wheelchair) or quality ( OSIM muscle exercising machine) because such massaging machine is generally quite heavy and bulky. However, an OSIM wheelchair will no doubt be obscenely expensive, unless our engineering team can come out with a great improvisation. Therefore, in my opinion, a convenient wheelchair is more promising.
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