July 2019
Of wheelchairs and pricing – and a challenge to an open source hardware project
Anyone who either uses or has an interest in electric wheelchairs and the way the industry behind them works might be interested in the (warning: long) article I published at:…
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Of wheelchairs and pricing – and a challenge to an open source hardware project
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October 2018
Survey for hearing implant users in outdoor…
Hi Everyone!
I'm wondering if you could assist me in my Masters project!
I'm a Strathclyde University student doing my Masters in Product Design Engineering, my final year project is looking into out…
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Survey for hearing implant users in outdoor…
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March 2018
Blogger Beth Takes The TGA WHILL Powerchair On The Bus
In this video you can watch TGA's blogger Beth trialling the TGA WHILL powerchair. In this blog she takes the WHILL personal electric vehicle on the bus. She finds that getting up the ramp…
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Blogger Beth Takes The TGA WHILL Powerchair On The Bus
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August 2017
New patient turning system provides life-changing benefits
The VENDLET turning and repositioning system is the latest innovation in patient handling and single-handed care. The concept is based on a set of…
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New patient turning system provides life-changing benefits
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April 2017
The ADVANTAGES of being disabled
We always hear about all the disadvantages and encumbrances that come with being disabled. Time to look at the positive!
So ... my question is: What advantages do you get from being disabled?
I'll st…
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The ADVANTAGES of being disabled
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December 2016
WIN A CROCODILE WALKING FRAME!
Not long left to enter, competition closes at midnight on 15 December 2016!
WIN one of two R82 Crocodile walking frames + the football kit of your favourite football team!…
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WIN A CROCODILE WALKING FRAME!
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August 2016
Kitchen Door Handles
I have always favoured a D shaped handle that you can get your whole hand into. The curved D shape has no sharp edges to knock into and does not protrude too far out.
Olivia Robertson
Independent OT
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Kitchen Door Handles
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July 2016
R82 UK are proud to support Frame Football
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R82 UK are proud to support Frame Football
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Remap awards inventors
Remap is a very special charity. Its 900 volunteers use their skill and ingenuity to design and make equipment for disabled people.
Of course, many items of specialist equipment are now…
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Remap awards inventors
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February 2016
Sight Village exhibition returns to Scotland in April
Sight Village is the UK's leading exhibition for blind and partially sighted people and for those experiencing age related sight problems. They bring together the leading providers of products…
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Sight Village exhibition returns to Scotland in April
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AMAZING BRITISH INVENTION LOOPWHEELS RETURN TO THE MOBILITY ROADSHOW THIS YEAR AT ICONIC SILVERSTONE
The Nottinghamshire company behind the revolutionary new…
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AMAZING BRITISH INVENTION LOOPWHEELS RETURN TO THE MOBILITY ROADSHOW THIS YEAR AT ICONIC SILVERSTONE
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January 2016
Volunteers wanted (free cake)
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Volunteers wanted (free cake)
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December 2015
Some big ideas from Dundee in Technology Enabled Care
In Dundee we are getting excited about the Blackwood Concept House, but we also have a Smart Flat ... There's a video about it and a new Facebook page on Technology Enabled Care ...you can find it…
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Some big ideas from Dundee in Technology Enabled Care
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October 2015
Height adjustable kitchens
Hello, my name is Willemijn Langhorst and I am a Dutch International Business student. For my thesis I am researching the height adjustable kitchens industry in the UK. For this I am looking to speak…
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Height adjustable kitchens
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Naidex - See Blue Badge Style's Review
We found lots of bad stuff but there were some gems that prove style & disability can be achieved................See our review here
<a href="http://www.bluebadgestyle.com/2014/05/naidex-disability-equi">http://www.bluebadgestyle.com/2014/05/naidex-disability-equi</a>…
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Naidex - See Blue Badge Style's Review
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August 2015
Shand Driving
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Shand Driving
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May 2015
DISABLED EX-ARMY CORPORAL SMASHES 1,000-MILE…
Andy McIntosh, 42 from Strathaven near Glasgow, is a disabled Army Corporal who has just achieved a new world record by driving a TGA Breeze mobility scooter from John O’Groats to Land’s End in the…
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DISABLED EX-ARMY CORPORAL SMASHES 1,000-MILE…
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Simple Door Closer
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Simple Door Closer
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April 2015
Accessible Bus Design
bespoken recieved an email from a Product Design Engineering student looking for help with their 3rd year project. They are working on a project to re-design the interior of a bus to improve the expe…
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Accessible Bus Design
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March 2015
No Rayn on This Parade: Mit Startup Creates…
We spoke to Grace Teo, CEO of Open Style Lab last year, and recently were delighted to receive this press release detailing their latest project .
Open Style Lab, a non-profit housed at MIT, announc…
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No Rayn on This Parade: Mit Startup Creates…
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February 2015
A New Access Guidebook
A 5th edition of the well established guidebook Access in London, has just been published.
See: www.accessinlondon.org
It was…
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A New Access Guidebook
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