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This electric wheelchair would use a chassis like a Hoverboard, but with a massively upgraded engine and a gyroscopic balancing device. It would climb stairs by bouncing: The stair facing pushes the chair back and up. Before the chair lands the wheels resume their turn forward and the gyroscope leans
forward enough for the chair to get a little higher bounce without tipping back. Repeat until the stairs have been climbed. Outboard motor optional.
Gentlemen, start your gyroscopes!
https://en.wikipedi...iki/Potemkin_Stairs
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//It would climb stairs by bouncing// I'll watch, from a safe dostance |
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This sounds profoundly uncomfortable to actually use, but funny. |
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Surviving handicapped wheelchair contestants are awarded a bowl of nice borscht at the top of the Primorsky Stairs. |
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Like my Viet Nam vet buddy said "There aren't too many handicapped parking spaces; there are not enough cripples." |
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