Unique wheelchair holds promise for veterans, but lacks support
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A few years ago, inventor Dean Kamen, creator of the Segway transporter and countless other devices, came up with a unique wheeled chair called an iBOT. It’s not your typical wheelchair; this one rolls on four wheels, or balances on two, and goes over curbs and up stairs. A car accident put civilian Jim Leonard in an iBOT, but the device has never slowed him down.
