At Rollx Vans our motto is: “Your Life. Your Ride.” And with our unique ability to customize every single aspect of our customer’s brand new or used wheelchair vans, it’s really easy to stand behind that very saying. When we first start working with our customers, we know they’ll have questions. What we don’t often Read more…
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New Wheelchair Gains FDA Clearance
When new mobility technology gains clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), it represents a huge step forward in the life of the product. It also allows the prototype to become a reality, because the device is now cleared to be manufactured and sold to the American public. Over the past year, we Read more…
Scientists Successfully Use Monkey Brains to Control Wheelchairs
We are officially in the process of evolving beyond the human machine interface (HMI). Whereas people normally interact with machines via consoles that are operated with the press of a button or, more recently, hand gestures, scientists are well on their way to creating machines controlled by our thoughts alone. And now this technology has Read more…
An App’s Helping Put a Stop to Parking Violators
We see it much more often than we’d expect to: vehicles illegally taking up the accessible parking spaces in front of convenience stores, at big shopping malls and even within lots for clinics and hospitals. It’s easy not to say anything to the violator. Sometimes it’s even easier to simply look the other way. But, Read more…
Renowned Author Releases New Guide for Accessible Travel
As the winter continues to thaw across the country, people are becoming increasingly eager to get out and enjoy some of the spring’s fresh air. For those who live in or are planning to travel to Utah this year, and who use a wheelchair or any other mobility device, a new book released by Candy Read more…
Muscular Dystrophy Treatments Could Benefit from Fetal Stem Cells
Technology is constantly changing. And with these changes comes renewed hope for better ways to treat the chronic diseases that our customers are all too familiar with. One new study from researchers at the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute could be the source for many living with Muscular Dystrophy (MD) to find some of Read more…
Mobile App Can Find the Best Routes for Wheelchair Users
These days, it seems like there is a mobile application for even the most mundane and superficial uses. This isn’t a bad thing, because it keeps many people happy and occupied throughout all hours of the day, but in the sea of apps that are available to consumers (there are over three million apps available Read more…
How Far Are We From Mind-Controlled Wheelchair Vans?
Sometimes it pays to take a look around and realize how far technology has come. There was a time where people who used wheelchairs would never have been able to get behind the wheel of vehicle and drive anywhere they wanted to go. Now, new handicap vans come equipped with a multitude of features including Read more…
Saving Money While Buying a Wheelchair Van
Buying a wheelchair vehicle is a significant investment, but it’s one that offers a whole host of amazing benefits. From the freedom to go where you want, when you want to becoming more independent, there are few things more gratifying than owning your own wheelchair van. You’ll have plenty of space for your family, friends, Read more…
Look for MDA Shamrocks in Stores to Support the Cause
This March, you may see more than stacks of Guinness and Harp at the front of your local grocery store. Be on the lookout for store windows filled with MDA shamrocks, a sign that these particular retailers, along with customers just like you, will be helping in the fight to find a cure for life-threatening Read more…