{"id":3103,"date":"2020-11-03T16:37:31","date_gmt":"2020-11-03T09:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/annual-report2020\/?p=3103"},"modified":"2020-12-15T16:16:33","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T09:16:33","slug":"m-wheel_en","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/annual-report2020\/en\/m-wheel_en\/","title":{"rendered":"M-Wheel: an electronic device to turn a normal wheelchair into a motorized wheelchair"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='epvc-post-count'><span class='epvc-eye'><\/span>  <span class=\"epvc-count\"> 248<\/span><span class='epvc-label'> Views<\/span><\/div>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3103\" class=\"elementor elementor-3103\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f297ac3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f297ac3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8c9cc56\" data-id=\"8c9cc56\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a67044 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a67044\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default elementor-inline-editing pen\" contenteditable=\"true\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"title\" data-pen-placeholder=\"Type Here...\"><span style=\"color: #0b9aba; font-size: 14pt;\">&gt; Prototypes for Public Usage<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f22d83c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f22d83c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8cfd9e8\" data-id=\"8cfd9e8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac07efa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ac07efa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #333333;\">At present, the number of the elderly and disabled persons in Thailand is continuously increasing. A wheelchair is one of the devices that can help improve their quality of life; however, some people do not have enough strength to turn the wheel or move the wheelchair by themselves. An electric wheelchair, therefore, had become another option to solve this problem.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;\">MTEC research team had designed and developed an electronic device (M-Wheel) to transform a normal wheelchair into a motorized wheelchair at an affordable price since the available electric wheelchairs in the market are quite expensive. The developed device consisted of three main parts, namely a power unit, a control unit, and a power source unit. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b97ac49 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b97ac49\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d706698\" data-id=\"d706698\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48b9340 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"48b9340\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3103 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium_large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"48b9340\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"m-wheel_04\" e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzI3NSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3d3dy5tdGVjLm9yLnRoXC9hbm51YWwtcmVwb3J0MjAyMFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMFwvMTFcL20td2hlZWxfMDQtMS5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI0OGI5MzQwIn0%3D\" href='https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/annual-report2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/m-wheel_04-1.jpg'><img width=\"419\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/annual-report2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/m-wheel_04-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/annual-report2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/m-wheel_04-1.jpg 419w, https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/annual-report2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/m-wheel_04-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 419px) 100vw, 419px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3275'>\n\t\t\t\tPower source unit\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"48b9340\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"m-wheel_03\" e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzI3NiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3d3dy5tdGVjLm9yLnRoXC9hbm51YWwtcmVwb3J0MjAyMFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMFwvMTFcL20td2hlZWxfMDMtMS5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI0OGI5MzQwIn0%3D\" href='https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/annual-report2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/m-wheel_03-1.jpg'><img width=\"419\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/annual-report2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/m-wheel_03-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/annual-report2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/m-wheel_03-1.jpg 419w, https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/annual-report2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/m-wheel_03-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 419px) 100vw, 419px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3276'>\n\t\t\t\tControl unit\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"48b9340\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"m-wheel_02\" e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzI3NywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3d3dy5tdGVjLm9yLnRoXC9hbm51YWwtcmVwb3J0MjAyMFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyMFwvMTFcL20td2hlZWxfMDItMS5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI0OGI5MzQwIn0%3D\" href='https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/annual-report2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/m-wheel_02-1.jpg'><img width=\"419\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/annual-report2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/m-wheel_02-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/annual-report2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/m-wheel_02-1.jpg 419w, https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/annual-report2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/m-wheel_02-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 419px) 100vw, 419px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3277'>\n\t\t\t\tPower unit\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b847e53 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b847e53\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f6ab138\" data-id=\"f6ab138\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e83d5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8e83d5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><em>Three main parts that turn a normal wheelchair into a motorized wheelchair<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-34d5982 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"34d5982\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-05dbe37\" data-id=\"05dbe37\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cdb477 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8cdb477\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #333333;\">The research team had transferred this technology to 3 technical institutes, namely, Chonburi Technological College, Thai-Austrian Technical College, and Samutprakan Technical College, to provide services of production and maintenance for the local community. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #333333;\">M-Wheel has various remarkable properties, such as an ease of installation and control, an ability to be loaded up to 80 kg and used on slopes, and a maximum working time of 4 hours. The electric system is safe because it had passed the electric medical device standard and magnetic interference protection.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #333333;\">This device is suitable for all users, especially the paraplegia disabilities. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #333333;\">The survey results from the elderly and disabled persons on the actual use of the device had shown that the device is easy to use, helps improve their quality of life and reduce the dependence on others as well as the cost of nursing care.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #333333;\">The development of M-Wheel not only creates the knowledge transfer of the design and manufacture of the standardized medical devices but also helps build the technological network with both the public and private sectors.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d918d76 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d918d76\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9d4bae1\" data-id=\"9d4bae1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17d06aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"17d06aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Team research<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5f75ab9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5f75ab9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-48aff9b\" data-id=\"48aff9b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb86cd5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb86cd5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #333333;\">Dr. Danu Prommin and Biomechanics Research Team<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>248 Views &gt; Prototypes for Public Usage At present, the number of the elderly and disabled persons in Thailand is continuously increasing. A wheelchair is<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/annual-report2020\/en\/m-wheel_en\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;M-Wheel: an electronic device to turn a normal wheelchair into a motorized wheelchair&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3273,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[381],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/annual-report2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3103"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/annual-report2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/annual-report2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/annual-report2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/annual-report2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3103"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/annual-report2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4641,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/annual-report2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3103\/revisions\/4641"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/annual-report2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/annual-report2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/annual-report2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtec.or.th\/annual-report2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}