Whirlwind Wheelchair

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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.

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

References

External links

• 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

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