this device just made wheelchairs obsolete for paraplegics

[bcbm]

http://gizmodo.com/5894489/segway+style-device-for-paraplegics-puts-wheelchairs-to-shame

[Zav]

That's pretty cool, but until it can power itself and is readily available to those who need it, wheelchairs are not obsolete. That probably costs ten grand, and a wheelchair costs, what, two hundred brand new?

[bcbm]

15 grand actually