Underwater Wheelchair

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johndo88
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Underwater Wheelchair

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Take a women in a wheel chair, add a couple of motors from a scooter, strap a bottle on the back, add bow planes, and you have something pretty amazing. The video is from a TED talk in 2012, about 9-1/2 minutes long.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCWIGN3181U
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fmerkel
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Re: Underwater Wheelchair

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Pretty amazing. Couldn't figure out how she controlled it since her arms wee always up. Foot pedals? She has crutches so must retain some leg/foot use.

Corrosion on the frame and bearings has got to be awful.
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