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Aug 2, 20262 min
"Bugsy" Pushcart - Erik Kondo
"Bugsy" is a reverse tricycle pushcart. Bugsy is a relative easy to make reverse tricycle style push cart. It features quick release large wheels for compact storage. It could also have two rear casters, or two front casters. The design is straight forward to modify as desired. I like a reverse tricycle because it is highly manueverable from a wheelchair. But a traditional tricycle or quad (casters in front) is easier for more straight pushing. So, it all depends upon your specific needs....

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Jan 26, 20261 min
The U-Boost - Erik Kondo
The U-Boost is a micro DIY parallel bar made of 1" schedule 40 PVC. It can be used in by paraplegics (or people with similar function) in a variety of ways. To provide leverage for a Floor-to-Couch or Floor-to-Wheelchair transfer. As an exercise prop, dips for example. To aid stretches on the floor. Many wheelchair users are unable to take advantage of the multiple benefits from getting out of their wheelchair on to the floor. For example, typically people (in Western countries) have a living...

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Oct 17, 20253 min
The Assistive Technology Development Triangle: Knowledge/Ability/Materials – Erik Kondo
The Assistive Technology Development Triangle follows the same concept of the Fire Triangle that is widely used in fire prevention education as a means to convey how to prevent and extinguish fires. A fire requires the combination of fuel, oxygen, and heat to ignite and be sustained. Whereas the Assistive Technology Development Triangle (ATDT) is a model for understanding what is needed to enable the innovation, development, and production of assistive technology devices. There is a...

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