Sentences with phrase «of wheelchair design»

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«Under this legislation it will be illegal to operate any motorized device within New York City that is incapable of being registered with the New York State Department of Motor Vehicle, unless the motor vehicle is a wheelchair or other mobility aids designed for use by the disabled,» Quinn said at a press conference at City Hall.

The Plan aims at: developing operational plans, processes and related instructions that take the needs of PWDs into account; designing layouts of polling stations to make them more accessible to PWDs; procuring magnifying glasses, tactile stickers for ballots boxes, large grip pens and other materials to assist PWDs and making cubicles, booths more accessible to wheelchair users.

One was that wheelchair configuration in competitive sports needs to comply with a set of design specifications set by national and international bodies.

Saatchi, which is owned by France's Publicis Groupe, SA, chose LifeStraw over a field of competitors that included a reusable controller to improve the distribution of IV fluids, a collapsible wheel that can be folded down for easier storage when not in use on bicycles or wheelchairs, an energy - efficient laptop designed for children in developing countries, a 3 - D display that uses special optics and software to project a hologramlike image of patient anatomy for cancer treatment, an inkjet printing system for fabricating tissue scaffolds on which cells can be grown, a visual prosthesis for bypassing a diseased or damaged eye and sending signals directly to the brain, books with embedded sound tracks to help educate illiterate adults on health issues, a phone that provides telecommunications coverage to poor rural populations in developing countries, and a brain - computer interface designed to help paralyzed people communicate via neural signals.

Computer scientists from the University of Lincoln, UK, the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and University College Cork, Ireland, worked with a leading special needs school in Lincoln to examine whether new motion - based gaming technologies and interactive design approaches could make video games more accessible and appealing for children who use powered wheelchairs.

The wheelchair is designed for people with severe neuromuscular disabilities, and can even be used in crowded or unfamiliar surroundings, says Javier Minguez, head of the team at the University of Zaragoza in Spain that is developing the chair.

Computer games controlled through wheelchair movements have the potential to improve quality of life for young people with severe mobility impairments but more needs to be done to consider the needs and preferences of players in game design, new research shows.

Stephen Hawking publishes children's book Stephen Hawking, wheelchair - bound physicist and author of A Brief History of Time, this week published his first children's book in an expected trilogy, designed, he told reporters, to make «real science as exciting as science fiction.»

One of Oden's student groups began working on designing a non-electric wheelchair that could be propelled by a young man who had limited use of his arms.

Handheld and unstructured, for all intents and purposes, the hour - long X-Men: Production Scrapbook is an endurance test from which the patient viewer cherry - picks items of interest, such as the occasionally prickly Singer thinking through the design of Xavier's wheelchair.

These include the aforementioned wheelchair, equipped with a respirator, and a specially designed van — devices that would later improve the lives of thousands of other patients.

The seminar aims to recognize the work of young people, of which Rodriguez said to a group of Paysandu who designed the technology as a wheelchair moved by the sound of the voice.

The BMW - Designed Paralympic Racing Wheelchair Piloted by Members of Team USA to a Collective Seven Medals at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio will also be on display.

With the aid of a k - 9 cart, a specially designed wheelchair for canine applications, Willy enjoyed his new found mobility and freedom which brought him incredible energy and joy.

A couple saw it and offered to help — they came up with the design of the wheelchair and contacted the Ohio University Innovation Center to produce it by using a 3 - D printer.

The Walkin» Small Front Vest for Walkin» Wheels Dog Wheelchair is designed for smaller breeds of dogs with a broad chest such as dachshunds.

We also have a number of wheelchair - friendly rooms, each designed to the highest specifications and including:

We've also got a number of wheelchair friendly bedrooms designed to the highest specifications, including:

The ensuite bathroom has been specifically designed to be wheelchair / disabled friendly with plenty of room to move.

Rental includes: Open air living room with breathtaking view, Dining Room — magnificent wood table seats 12 with optional air - conditioning, 60 Mtr square infinity swimming pool, 6 air - conditioned ensuite bedrooms with cable TV: two with additional outdoor showers, one with an outdoor bath and one with a plunge pool, Professionally designed media room with acoustic walls, 7.1 surround sound and 52» LCD television and DVD player, Spa room with professional spa staff on call, Jacuzzi, Gym with fitness machines, ipod dock and sound system, Bale room with two day beds, cozy seating areas throughout, Free broadband and wireless internet access, wheelchair friendly elevator access to all floors, staff of 12 including villa manager, professional chef, service staff, 24 hour security, gardeners and maintenance.

One of the rondawels is wheelchair friendly, designed especially for disabled persons.

WHEELIES» REST & WHEELIES» REST «APARTMENT FOR 2 ′ Wheelies» Rest is a unique 240sq / m Architect designed, open plan, 4 bedroom (12 bed) purpose built house providing 100 % wheelchair friendly holiday accommodation for groups of people with disabilities, their carers, people in wheelchairs who are independent and families with a disabled member.

Two beautiful mudbrick cottages close to the Shoalhaven River, Seven Mile Beach and Berry... just two hours south of Sydney... feast your eyes on cows grazing in green paddocks, put your boat in at the ramp 200 metres away, or walk for miles along a deserted beach... Self - contained, passive solar design, wood - lined cathedral ceilings, wheelchair - accessible, native animal sanctuary, solitude, breezeway, gas stove, rainwater, instant hot water... Fish, canoe, walk, ride, wineries, surf, golf, drives, markets, National Parks, Berry, Bundanon, lavender farm, plane rides, air museum... For further information please see our website.

A number of rooms have been designed for disabled guests and there are additional rooms with wheelchair access.

The facility is wheelchair accessible and is beautifully designed with Moorish influenced features reminiscent of the area.

The hotel's design and build gives ease of access to all however due to the hilly surrounding area holidaymakers who rely on a wheelchair for mobility or experience difficulty with walking may not find this hotel suitable.

Clerkenwell Design Week 2016: Benjamin Hubert's London studio Layer has unveiled photographs and a movie of its made - to - measure, 3D - printed wheelchair, ahead of its launch next week.

On a trip to Apple Park's visitor center, Twitter user @xarph composed a thread of tweets detailing nine ways that Apple designed the location to cater to blind individuals who use canes, partially - sighted individuals, and those who use wheelchairs, saying «Basically, go to the Apple Park Visitor's Center if you want to see how to design a building for maximum disabled access when cost is no object.»

The clothes are designed to accommodate people of different abilities, whether missing a limb, autistic or propelled by a wheelchair.

Two - thirds of homeowners who plan to age in place say their homes are not designed for people with arthritis and those who are in a wheelchair or have other mobility issues.

Features such as wide doorways that allow easy wheelchair access should look like an integral part of the home's sumptuous design.

But, as the days passed, it became clear that while the theme parks were handicapped - friendly — some rides even had specially designed cars for wheelchairs — many of the people using the scooters were just plain lazy.