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A motorized wheelchair, powerchair, electric wheelchair, or electric-powered wheelchair (EPW) is a wheelchair that is propelled by means of an electric motor (usually using differential steering) rather than manual power. Motorized wheelchairs are useful for those unable to propel a manual wheelchair or who may need to use a wheelchair for ...
The Patient Operated Selector Mechanism (POSM or POSSUM) was developed in the early 1960s, and used a sip-and-puff control mechanism. Sip-and-puff or sip 'n' puff (SNP) is assistive technology used to send signals to a device using air pressure by "sipping" (inhaling) or "puffing" (exhaling) on a straw, tube or "wand."
The addition of geared, all-mechanical wheels for manual wheelchairs is a new development incorporating a hypocycloidal reduction gear into the wheel design. The 2-gear wheels can be added to a manual wheelchair. The geared wheels provide a user with additional assistance by providing leverage through gearing (like a bicycle, not a motor).
The music video was released alongside the single. Directed by Diesel Filmz, it finds Moneybagg Yo in a strip club, wearing neon, making it rain as women dance around him. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] He is also seen wearing an astronaut suit against interstellar backdrop, [ 6 ] and having an intimate encounter with a woman in the back of a Rolls-Royce.
The original Quickie (Model 54 in Rutan's design series) is one of several unconventional aircraft penned by Rutan for the general aviation market. [2] The Quickie followed from Jewett and Sheehan's intention in 1975 for a low-cost, low-power, single-seat homebuilt aircraft. The first element to be found by Jewett and Sheehan was the engine ...
An original single-seat Rutan Quickie. This example is in the Canada Aviation and Space Museum. The Quickie Q2 or Q2 is a two-seat version of the unique Rutan Quickie, [2] produced in kit form by the Quickie Aircraft Corporation founded by Tom Jewett and Gene Sheehan. Canadian Garry LeGare was involved in the design. [3]
Quickie Convenience Stores logo. Quickie Convenience Stores (in French, Dépanneurs Quickie), also branded as Quickie Mart, is a chain of convenience stores based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, founded in 1973. In October 2012, it had 50 stores in Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec, approximately 300 store employees, and about 20 full-time personnel.
The Quickie Aircraft Corporation was founded in Mojave, California, in 1978 to market the Quickie homebuilt aircraft (models Quickie, Quickie Q2, and Quickie Q200 aircraft). The original single-seater Quickie was designed by Burt Rutan and company founders Gene Sheehan and Tom Jewett.