Cognitive Design

Five graduate students at IIT’s Institute of Design working with Wheelwell want to design and take to market a new wheelchair. They are raising money for the effort on the Pepsi Refresh Challenge Site. Check them out and cast some votes. The goal is to design an affordable power-assisted (combines electric and manual modes) chair for people with spinal cord injuries. They are looking for $250K to research, engineer, design and test 3 prototype hybrid chairs. Pepsi will provide the money if they get enough votes.

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