Phoenix Instinct creates smart wheelchair with “intelligent centre of gravity“

Scottish designer Phoenix Instinct has developed a lightweight wheelchair with a moveable axle position that automatically adjusts the chair’s centre of gravity to stop overbalancing. Developed with the help of a $500,000 development grant from the Mobility Unlimited Challenge, which is run by the Toyota Mobility Foundation together with Nesta’s Challenge Prize Centre, the Phoenix i wheelchair uses smart technology to improve its basic functionality. “The wheelchair is proven to be the most viable means o