Slorance sold his first wheelchair start-up, Carbon Black, 10 years ago. The company focused on modern, customizable chairs. His next idea is to roll out aesthetically pleasing wheelchairs ...

Design options for wheelchairs seem stuck on a spectrum from boring to next-level boring. That's what Andrew Slorance wants to change. The UK-based ...

The Carbon Black is indeed a completely different kind of wheelchair. It has a seat, two big wheels, and two smaller front wheels, but that’s pretty much where the similarities end.

Innovative carbon fiber wheelchair design garners $1 million from Toyota Mobility in prize money. By Zac Palmer. Toyota. Dec 20, 2020 9:30 AM EST. Featured Gallery. 2 / 0. 2 / 0 Zoom In . Launch ...

Carbon Black is a wheelchair designed to look modern and minimalistic, ... Because Carbon Black is made nearly entirely from carbon fiber, it sheds most of that weight at a little under 19lbs.

Scotland-based Phoenix Instinct has at least another year before people are using its carbon-fiber wheelchair alternative. Slorance, the company’s founder, who uses a mechanical wheelchair ...

June 15, 2006 With the post-war baby boom now moving towards senior citizenship , markets for many specialised goods and services devoted to elderly needs are ...

Drawing on a background in research and development on the Williams F1 team, Marcus Cunnington has designed and built the 6.3kg (around 13.9 pounds) Free Spirit - a carbon fiber composite design ...

German automaker BMW reimagined the bobsled in 2014, and now the Bavarians are making a faster, better wheelchair for the 2016 Paralympic Games. See photos and read more at Car and Driver.

BMW Created a Carbon Fiber Racing Wheelchair and It’s Incredible. Lightweight materials and 3-D printing give Team USA an edge at this year’s Paralympic Games in Rio. By Max Prince.