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I'm not particularly impressed by the chair (references to both pg's Segway essay and the fat people in Wall.E come to mind), but I'm very interested in the omniwheel technology.

Imagine a wheelchair with one omnidirectional wheel instead of four. That'd make a world of difference for disabled people!

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They didn't invent the omni wheel, been around for a while. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omni_wheel

I'm sure Honda tuned it up a bit though.

Also, there have been some wheelchairs made with omni-directional wheels, although I'm not sure if they are only a prototypes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecanum_wheel

Are you sure? This omniwheel is novel because the rollers are powered. This is the first device I've seen that can move in any direction with a single wheel.

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