IIT Madras designs customizable electric standing wheelchair ‘NeoStand’ to empower disabled

Now, people with disabilities can reach for a book, or simply enjoy a cup of coffee standing by a counter as easily as others at the touch of a button. Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu on Wednesday launched ‘NeoStand’, an indigenously developed customizable electric standing wheelchair.