The WHILL adds electric power to any regular wheelchair. There's a guy in my neighborhood who has a kind of Segway wheelchair, a gyro-balanced two-wheeler with a seat. It can't do stairs (unless he has some Dalek jets I haven't yet seen), but it fits into a lot of places a regular wheelchair can't.
For those who can't afford or even find such a device, the WHILL might be the next best thing. It's an electric-assist add-on for your existing manual-drive wheelchair, shown off in prototype form at this year's Tokyo Motor Show.
The WHILL consists of two hubs containing 24 volt motors which fit over the wheels of any chair.
Gadget Lab, WHILL, Aftermarket Electric Add-On for Wheelchairs
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