“By taking-up this journey, I want to raise awareness about disability and tell people that we, despite our disability can achieve anything as an individual, if we are determined to try and have courage to do so," Said Haidar Taleb, as he attempts to beat his own world record of traveling 200 miles in a solar powered wheelchair. Taleb has had polio since the age of 4, but now wants to spread awareness to other people with disabilities that "there are no obstacles." Teamed up with Masdar, an alternative energy company, Taleb has shown that eco friendly solar powered wheelchairs are important and that "they can change the lives of persons with mobility problems." The chair can move at a constant 12mph. Taleb is set to break his previous 14-hour long 80 mile wheelchair trip. Good luck Haidar Taleb!
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See E14's Technology for the Disabled group for other such technology.