Greenford is going to become the first tube station in England with an incline lift when work finishes there in 2015. The incline lift is an innovative new design that runs alongside the escalators making it easier to install than a traditional vertical lift. Incline lifts are already in use in many major European cities…
In the wake of the London 2012 Paralympics, there has been a big increase in demand from the less able to become more involved in sport and exercise, or at least that is the theory. But how much has been done to cater for this growing demand for accessible fitness? In this, the first of…
After a week of tall tales, our April Fools’ Week Competition is over and it’s time to announce the winner. Well done to everyone who correctly identified that the story about flying wheelchairs and force field enhanced walking sticks was made up in the Blue Badge Style offices. Thank you to all those who entered…
I applied to speak at Digital Shoreditch, and surprisingly I got a slot under the banner “What Tech City?” . Digital Shoreditch is a festival over 10 days where you can, “Discover and explore the latest trends & successes in using digital in : branding, content, funding, games, design, social, mobile, emerging tech & greater good.”…
The average television watcher will spend more than two weeks looking for lost remote controls during their lifetime. The average time spent searching per week was 5.35 minutes, which amounts to 278.2 minutes or more than four and a half hours a week. Over the course of an average lifespan, the number of hours rockets…
Officials at a Mid Devon Council had no idea what they were letting themselves in for when they decided to take the apostrophes out of the local road signs. They believed that the move would help to avoid confusion and make things easier. How could they have known that their actions would turn the locals…
A Scottish man has claimed that a parrot robbed £600 in cash from him during his holiday in New Zealand. He had been driving around the South Island of New Zealand in a campervan, when he stopped to take pictures of the scenery. He got out of his car to photograph a kea (a species of…
Potential new legislation, being discussed in Scotland, has been attacked by the Presbyterian church on the grounds that, should it pass, Star Wars fans may start conducting Jedi wedding services. The Scottish Government is trying to shake up marriage laws, primarily to allow for same-sex marriages, but also to allow for more general ‘belief’ ceremonies.…
Forget about standing out in a crowd, now you can avoid them altogether with two new developments in mobility aids. Well, you can at least create your own space within the crowd. Griffon has created a wheelchair and a walking stick that can make sure you remain a comfortable distance from all of your fellow…