The iBot wheelchair

Filed in archive News on July 31, 2005

The iBot wheelchair allows those seated to rise so they can be at eye level with the standing:

These days, Megan's family and friends hug her without bending down. That's because Megan is now the proud owner of an independence iBOT Mobility System, the latest in wheelchair technology. The iBOT's seat raises up so that the person in the chair can be at eye level with those standing.

"I think it's really important to be at eye level so you could look at somebody, you don't have to look up their nose all the time," Megan said.

"The thing that I like most about it is you see her, you don't see the chair," said her father, Dave Yekel.

("High-Tech Wheelchair Helps Teenage Girl", ABC News, Jul.31)