Technology Designed to Take Paralympians to New Levels
September 16, 2012
Jason Regier, left, of the United States goes for the ball with Nicholas Rioux of France
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report.
The Paralympic Games in London have been called the “greatest Paralympic Games ever.” International Paralympic Committee President Sir Phillip Craven made the statement to a crowd at the games’ closing ceremony earlier this month. He said the athletic event had found its pathway to the future.
Paralympic athletes were not the only ones making news this year. The attention was also on improvements in technology that helped those men and women compete.
Engineers David Sheffield and Doug Watt volunteer for a charity group called Remap. It designs technology to help disabled people.
The two engineers are designing a wheelchair for Shot Put thrower Shaun Sewell. He lost the use of his legs thirteen years ago in a motorcycle accident. David Sheffield predicts the new wheelchair design will be used as a model for future athletes.
DAVID SHEFFIELD: “We were asked to make a chair which was totally adjustable in every way so that we could then use it not only just for Shaun but for other athletes. And then we could find the exact correct positions for the way they sit, the way they hold the pole, the way they lean back and so on.”
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