Name: The cheap all-terrain wheelchair
Uploaded: 2012-11-20T16:02:37Z
Duration: 10 min 57 s
Description: 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.

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.

Amos Winter: The cheap all-terrain wheelchair

The cheap all-terrain wheelchair

Innovating within constraints, a new wheelchair conquers rough terrain affordably, merging engineering with user-led design.

The Leveraged Freedom Chair, born from need and ingenuity, offers a lifeline, enabling mobility over diverse terrains for $200.

A collaboration of academia, NGOs, and manufacturers, the Leveraged Freedom Chair exemplifies the power of collective innovation.