Members of San Francisco State’s Student Section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) are working with Whirlwind on building a hand-powered front-wheel-drive tricycle as a club project. The club has been responsible for welding, fabricating, and contributing to the iterative design process through testing. “The team of undergraduate students is learning … [Read more...] about ASME Student Project
Press Coverage
FASTCOMPANY – JANUARY 2012
FastCoExist, a project of FastCompany Magazine, covers Whirlwind's offering to US wheelchair riders who'll access trails, gardens, and beaches like never before. … [Read more...] about FASTCOMPANY – JANUARY 2012
Jezebel – October 2011
"Charity Gives People In Haiti These Awesome All-Terrain Wheelchairs" Bill Clinton and other fabulous guests attended the premier of The Way by Emilio Estevez with Martin Sheen. This eventwas also a benefit for The Walkabout Foundation. Read The Story Here. … [Read more...] about Jezebel – October 2011
Diverse – October 2011
Ralf Hotchkiss teaches a wheelchair design and fabrication class at San Francisco State University and enlists the help of students in continually improving wheelchair designs for the developing world. Read The Story Here. … [Read more...] about Diverse – October 2011
Mission Local – October 2011
Ralf Hotchkiss experiences the travails of a wheelchair rider on San Francisco public transit. Read The Story Here. … [Read more...] about Mission Local – October 2011