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LEC #WHEELCHAIR TOPICSPRESENTED THEORIESINSTRUCTORSREADINGS
1Introduction to wheelchairs in developing countriesDeveloping country researchAmos Winter

Information Package on Wheelchairs. International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics 2005.

"Wheelchair Standards Organizing Committee Formed." Whirlwind Wheelchairs International, September 27, 2005.

Winter, Amos. Assessment of Wheelchair Technology in Tanzania (PDF)

2Designing wheelchairs for the developing worldDeterministic design process

Amos Winter

Alison Hynd - PSC fellowships

2.007 lecture notes on design process (PDF) (Courtesy of Alex Slocum. Used with permission.)

Wheelchair sections in Werner, D. Nothing About Us Without Us: Developing Innovative Technologies For, By, and With Disabled Persons. (PDF - 6.3 MB) (Courtesy of David Werner.)

3Wheelchair biomechanics/ergonomicsDesign for human useAmos WinterAmazon logo Mayall, J. K, and G. Desharnais. Positioning in a Wheelchair. 2nd ed. Thorofare, NJ: Slack Incorporated, 1995. ISBN: 9781556422515.
4Abdullah speaking to the class about his experiencesRound-table discussionAbdullah Munish, TATCOT

Independence through Mobility: A Guide to the Manufacture of the ATI-Hotchkiss Wheelchair .

Note: You are not required to read the whole document, but skim to see what info may be useful for your project.

5Appropriate technologyIdea to productAmy Smith and Sarah Bird, MITDolan, Robert J. "Note on Marketing Strategy." Cambridge MA: Harvard Business School, 2000. Product No. 9-598-061.
6Available materials and manufacturing techniques in developing countriesMaterial science/mechanics of materials

Prof. Mary Boyce, MIT

Mike Tarkanian, MIT welding instructor

Winter, Amos, and Ralf Hotchkiss. Mechanical Principles of Wheelchair Design. (PDF - 2.6 MB)
7Human powerQ&A with guest speakers

Prof. David Gordon Wilson, MIT

Rory McCarthy, Move with Freedom

8Business plans in the developing worldWriting business plansJorge Barrera, MITAmazon logo Yunus, Muhammad. Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty. New York, NY: PublicAffairs/Perseus Books, 2003. ISBN: 9781586481988.
9Ralf speaking to the class about his experiencesRound-table discussion

Ralf Hotchkiss, Whirlwind

10Wheelchair user imageProduct/ergonomic designProf. David Wallace, MIT
11Project workProject work
12Project workProject work
13Project workProject work

 








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