Weekly Program 12/1/19 – The Cheap All-Terrain Wheelchair

The programs for the weeks of 12/1/19 and 12/8/19 were chosen by Rotary E-Club Member, Scott Walters from Alpharetta, Georgia. 

This weeks program:

“Because my work with Mobility Worldwide has me helping to provide wheelchair carts to those in need within the developing world, I admire Associate Professor Amos Winter’s work in developing a better mousetrap.” Here’s his TedTalk on the subject.

-Scott Walters

How do you build a wheelchair ready to blaze through mud and sand, all for under $200? MIT engineer Amos Winter guides us through the mechanics of an all-terrain wheelchair that’s cheap and easy to build — for true accessibility — and gives us some lessons he learned along the road.