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DESCRIPTION:Ralf Hotchkiss\nWhirlwind Wheelchair International\n\nAbstract:
  Ralf Hotchkiss will track the design of the Whirlwind Wheelchair from its
  beginning thirty years ago to the present and on into the future. From th
 e first design breakthroughs of barefoot blacksmiths to the high tech test
 ing and manufacturing methods of today\, surprise breakthroughs in basic w
 heelchair design have come from the backyard inventors of some forty devel
 oping countries. These inventors form the Whirlwind Network of wheelchair 
 riders and designers. Their goal is not only to make wheelchairs available
  in the poorest of countries\; it is to radically improve the durability a
 nd rough-ground mobility so that wheelchair riders can live and work in en
 vironments that they can only dream of visiting today. Ralf will show unfi
 nished designs that open wide opportunities for new developments and he wi
 ll make a plea for the innovative designers of Stanford to enter into one 
 of today's most fulfilling areas of invention and international developmen
 t work. Joining Ralf will be Telma Ramos\, a wheelchair builder from Nicar
 agua\, who will show simplified\, more efficient fabrication of Whirlwind 
 Wheelchair's latest designs.\n\nBiosketch: Ralf Hotchkiss is an inventor a
 nd the lead designer of Whirlwind Wheelchair International\, a non-profit 
 company located in Berkeley. Its mission is "to make it possible for every
  person in the developing world who needs a wheelchair to obtain one that 
 will lead to maximum personal independence and integration into society". 
 At SFSU\, he taught "Wheelchair Design and Construction"\, a course in whi
 ch students built a complete wheelchair in a Third World appropriate shop.
  Ralf is a graduate of Oberlin College (Physics) and a 1989 MacArthur Foun
 dation Fellow.\n\nPerspectives in Assistive Technology Course Website\n\nC
 lassroom Loczation & Accessibility Information
GEO:37.429468;-122.167272
LOCATION:Lathrop Library\, Classroom 282
SUMMARY:Wheelchair Fabrication in Developing Countries
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 eveloping-countries
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