Tim Tries the iBOT

While Lynda was off in Tucson for some sunny R&R, Tim hung out in St. Paul and called Lynda with the news that he'd gone down the stairs in the front of the house. In his chair.

Technically, it wasn't in HIS chair, it was the iBOT that he was test-driving. This stair-climbing wheelchair has been making the news for a couple years. Tim wasn't at all interested until he saw one at a conference, and arranged for a test.


Here he is in the dining room, for the first time in a while at eye-level with standing people. (Or he would be, if anyone was standing there.)

He reports that it was definitely interesting, but he's not convinced that it's for him: the electronic controls are quite a deal, for instance.

Second test-drive is scheduled for the week of April 17. Stay tuned for a stair-climbing picture, maybe.