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Phoenix Instinct founder Andrew Slorance from Nairn was left with a spinal injury which paralysed him after falling from a tree aged 14.

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Innovative carbon fiber wheelchair design garners $1 million from Toyota Mobility in prize money Autoblog 12/20/2020 Zac Palmer Toyota Mobility announced a prize money winner in its international mobility competition that challenged people around the world to come up with solutions to improve the lives of folks with lower limb paralysis. Finalists from Japan, Italy, the U.K. and the U.S. were considered, but Phoenix Instinct from the U.K. ended up walking away with the $1 mill...

Ultra-Lightweight Intelligent Wheelchair Receives $1M as Winner of Mobility Unlimited Challenge is Announced Toyota Mobility Foundation, in partnership with Nesta Challenges, announces winner of $4 million global Mobility Unlimited Challenge in virtual event Phoenix Instinct from the UK wins $1 million in prize money to help bring their Phoenix i wheelchair to market The winners announcement is a culmination of the three-year Mobility Unlimited Challenge which saw innovators from around the wor...

UK firm Phoenix Instinct will receive funding to bring the wheelchair to market The winner of the Mobility Unlimited Challenge has now been announced with Phoenix Instinct from the UK receiving $1 million (£734,775) to further develop their intelligent ultra-light carbon fibre wheelchair and bring it to market, with the aim of improving lives in the disability community. The Toyota Mobility Foundation launched the global challenge in 2017 in partnership with British foundation Nesta, in a bid ...

Ultra-Lightweight Intelligent Wheelchair Receives $1M as Winner of Mobility Unlimited Challenge is Announced TOKYO, Dec 18, 2020 - (JCN Newswire) - The winner of the three-year Mobility Unlimited Challenge has now been announced with Phoenix Instinct from the UK receiving $1 million to further develop their intelligent ultra-light carbon fiber wheelchair, bring it to market, and ultimately, transform millions of lives in the disability community for the greater good. The Toyota Mobility Founda...

BBC News By Beth Rose image copyrightMalcolm McCurrach | New Wave Images UK A Scottish designer has won $1m (£753,000) to fund the manufacture of his innovative smart-wheelchair. Andrew Slorance, who uses a wheelchair himself, won the Toyota-run global Mobility Unlimited Challenge. Inventors were invited to submit smart technologies to improve the lives of people with lower-limb paralysis. The Phoenix I uses smart sensors to detect if the user is leaning forward or backwards and adjusts its ce...

By Press Association 2021 Andrew Slorance, 51, from Nairn, Scotland, has won the Toyota Mobility Unlimited Challenge with his company Phoenix Instinct, which has designed a revolutionary new wheelchair A Scottish innovator who vowed to “revolutionise the wheelchair” as a teenager has won one million dollars to make his dream a reality. Andrew Slorance, 51, from Nairn, Scotland, saw off competition from the US, Japan and Italy to win To...