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I saw the article on nbc's site so you can go to www.nbc.com & there's also a picture & there's also a movie or slide show or something that I didn't get to view. In a message dated 7/14/1999 1:57:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > > Somehow I can't picture the US government popping $20,000 for > each person on Medicare who would benefit from this unique > wheelchair! > > Who, MOI a cynic? <rueful look on face> > > Barb Mallut > [log in to unmask] > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bonnie Rowley <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Tuesday, July 13, 1999 8:06 PM > Subject: Wheelchairs > > > > A revolutionary new wheelchair > > Correspondent John Hockenberry reports on a revolutionary new > wheelchair > that's designed to really go places. > > A first look at a whole new world on wheels. Watch the video of > the report. > > NBCNews > > June 30— We have the know-how to fly to the moon, but most > people who > can’t walk still get around with what’s essentially 200-year-old > technology — > the wheelchair. One inventor has decided it’s time to get > wheelchair riders > rolling into the 21st century. He says his machine can take you > just about > anywhere you want to go. He’s been keeping his top secret > invention under > wraps — until now. > > WHEELCHAIRS CAN GET you around, but they don’t get close > enough to > the places disabled people might like to go. You’ve heard the > expression > “confined to a wheelchair?” Well actually, if you think about it, > it’s the > wheelchairs that are confined to the relatively few smooth, > easy-rolling > places in the world. But what if somebody came up with a device > that, as they > say, could go where no wheelchairs have gone before? > ----------snip