An electric wheelchair that can climb most stairs, including spiral staircases, has been developed by Zurich-based students. The Scalevo Wheelchair can mount one stair per second and was designed by ...

Scientists are still trying to figure out how to restore full locomotion to patients who have suffered debilitating accidents that forced into wheelchairs. But until procedures that can reconnect the ...

Stairs soon may no longer be insurmountable obstacles for some of the nation's 2-million wheelchair users. The first wheelchair that can climb stairs _ plus shift into four-wheel drive to scoot up a ...

While wheelchair design is advancing, allowing chairs to do things like move sideways and diagonally and follow the person next to them, stairs and curbs remain a formidable hurdle for all but a few ...

Ramps? Where we’re going, we don’t need ramps. The Scalevo wheelchair isn’t like other wheelchairs. It doesn’t only roll along. It also climbs and descends stairs using retractable scales. Most ...