Whirlwind wheelchair
The Whirlwind wheelchair is a wheelchair designed to be made in developing countries using local resources, in a sustainable development effort.
It was co-designed by Ralf Hotchkiss of Whirlwind Wheelchair International. Hotchkiss, a paraplegic, has traveled extensively, designing wheelchairs that could be built in developing countries.
Whirlwind Wheelchair International uses the principle of open source design,[1] and offers construction classes and consulting services.
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- Project home page
- Ralf Hotchkiss & His Whirlwind Wheelchairs by Ralph Nader. Common Dreams NewsCenter, December 24, 2004 (accessed Feb 27 2006).
- Tough, Low-Cost Wheelchairs Needed in Haiti. PBS NewsHour, Feb. 18, 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-15
See also
- List of open source hardware projects
- Copyleft
- Commons-based peer production
- Co-creation
- Knowledge commons
- Open content
- Open Invention Network
- Open source
- Open-source appropriate technology
- Open Source Ecology
- Open source hardware
- Open-source movement
- Open standard and Open standardization
- Service design
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