Thanks to those that responded. We were able to enlist the aid of the local hospital. Regards, Mike Mike Paciello Cell: +1.603.566.7713
_____ From: Mike Paciello [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 9:34 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] Emergency Need for a Toilet Seat! Importance: High Hi Folks - A friend of ours (wheelchair disability) is visiting, having just flown into Boston. The airlines seems to have lost or misplaced here toilet seat. Can anyone suggest a way for getting one right away (particulary because it's night time!). Thank you, Mike Mike Paciello Cell: +1.603.566.7713 _____ From: KK [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 7:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [QUAD-L] MIT wheelchair steers clear with Wi-Fi MIT wheelchair steers clear with Wi-Fi Published Story by art http://msnews.acceleratedcure.org/node/3390 A group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has invented [149] a wheelchair with all the self-navigating abilities of a GPS device. Only instead of being inhibited by the need for a satellite signal like a GPS device, MIT said Friday, the location-aware wheelchair uses Wi-Fi and can work indoors. Just like with a GPS navigator, the wheelchair has programmed favorites. Better yet, it works by voice recognition so you don't have to type in a request. [149] http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10047399-1.html?part=rss <http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10047399-1.html?part=rss&subj=Crave> &subj=Crave ---
