Neomotion: Setting the wheelchair users real free!
From a personalized wheel chair to a road worthy vehicle, in a few minutes. From entering into an ATM or a bank, from playing para table tennis to para shooting, Neomotion actually makes life easier.
Neomotion is setting lives literally free. Instead of liberating wheelchair users from leading restricted lives, the majority of wheelchairs restrict mobility. This has made wheelchair users mostly invisible in Indian society. However, the personalized wheelchairs by NeoMotion are a way out, many users believe. It’s also about a crusade, launched by an IIT Professor, against the mediocre disability products that we tend to see everywhere.
Dr. Namrata Mishra Tiwari
How often do we see a wheelchair user at a school, an office, a shop or a theatre? Yes, it’s a pointed and a very valid question. Statistics say, every year, three lakh wheelchairs are sold in India, of which two and half lakh are imported. Regrettably, the reality is, 95% of all wheelchairs sold in India are ‘one-size-fits-all’.
Obviously, this means they restrict mobility, damage health, and lower self-confidence. Few wheelchair users can safely and independently transfer into tricycles and modified scooters. How can we expect the majority of wheelchair users to go outdoors?
NeoMotion people say, the brand is here to transform this. They aim to touch one lac lives per year in India alone, by the year 2025.
WHAT IS NEOMOTION ?
NeoMotion is an IIT Madras incubated start-up and creates life transformative products for the physically challenged and the elderly. NeoFly and NeoBolt are its initial products.
NeoFly is a personalized wheelchair designed for good health, energy efficiency, compactness, and style.
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NeoBolt is an add-on to convert NeoFly into a safe roadworthy vehicle to enable wheelchair users to go out, explore life, get educated, and employed!
Watch the NeoMotion Video for more details on the functioning and impact.
THE ‘NEOMOTION’ EXPERIENCE
NeoMotion users believe that it’s a crusade against the mediocre disability products that mar the Indian landscape. Against the mediocrity that has led to wheelchair users being invisible in society and restricted to the four walls of their homes.
NeoFly is a personalized wheelchair designed to enhance health and lifestyle. 18 customizations ensure a perfect fit to the user’s needs. NeoFly covers three to five times more distance for every push owing to the right posture, a rigid frame and an ergonomic pushrim. A 30% smaller footprint for the same seating area enhances accessibility of narrow spaces. The design conforms to the user’s body, making the user more visible than the wheelchair.
NeoCushion, a cushion with every NeoFly, is specially designed to enhance skin care, stability, and ease of transfer.
NeoBolt is a motor-powered clip-on which converts NeoFly into a safe, roadworthy vehicle. It is designed to enable wheelchair users to go out into the world, explore life, get employed and have fun! NeoBolt eliminates the need to transfer into other vehicles and can be independently attached by the user within seconds. It has a maximum speed of 25 kmph and travels up to 25 km per charge. NeoBolt can be safely used on uneven terrains. NeoMotion people say, it will empower wheelchair users with a low-cost mode of outdoor mobility when compared to cars, auto rickshaw or modified scooters.
NeoMotion’s offerings include NeoFit, a platform to remotely assess wheelchair users and identify the appropriate customizations, NeoCare, provision for spares and after-sales service, NeoLife, health guidance for users.
NEOMOTION : AFFORDABILITY & IMPACT
NeoMotion users that we spoke to shared their observations. They say, the products with somewhat comparable features are available only in the global market and are three to five times as expensive. They also claim that the NeoMotion products are also, by design, more suitable for use in Indian terrain. They also support the claim that NeoMotion’s products are aimed to be world class products designed and made in India – for India and abroad.
NeoFly aims to promote good health, increase accessibility and make wheelchair use enjoyable. With NeoBolt, wheelchair users can venture out more and explore the world independently without fear, thereby becoming empowered to engage in education and employment. The increased engagement will result in an active lifestyle and a better attitude towards life. NeoMotion’s solutions will not only bring wheelchair users to the mainstream of society, but also enable their entire family to live a productive life with dignity.
As a result of increased participation, the macro socio-economic impact of wheelchair users embracing NeoMotion’s solutions will be game-changing.
NEOMOTION FOUNDERS & TEAM
Dr Sujatha Srinivasan, Co-Founder and Adviser, is Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Madras and has been working in the assistive devices space for over 25 years now, in industry and as an academic researcher.
In 2008, she founded the Rehabilitation Research and Device Development lab at IIT Madras, which became the TTK Center for Rehabilitation Research and Device Development (R2D2) in 2015 with funding from TTK Prestige. R2D2 is the place where NeoMotion’s journey began.
Swostik Sourav Dash, Co-Founder and CEO, graduated in 2013 from IIT Madras to join ITC Ltd. After a two-year stint there, he returned to his alma matter to continue where he had left off. His love for product design, commitment to contribute meaningfully to society, and desire to develop and produce world class products in India culminated in NeoMotion.
NeoMotion’s expertise includes a cumulative of 60+ years of work experience in the disability sector, user centric design, engineering, and clinical expertise in rehabilitation.
NeoFly is a customized wheelchair for balance, speed and comfort.
- NeoFly will be personalized to the users body measurements
- NeoFly provides a wide variety of options for Rear Wheels, Castors, Frame Colours, etc which can be customized to improve performance, speed, and team spirit
- NeoFly will be efficient to push. Players will be able to cover at least 3-4 times more distance per push.
- NeoFly is rugged and offers smooth and safe ride for all terrains – indoors and outdoors
- NeoFly is stylish and can be customized to match your team colours
- NeoFly comes with a cushion to enhance skincare, stability, ease of transfer.
- NeoFly is compact and narrow places will be accessible.
- NeoMotion offers after sales service which include alteration of wheelchair settings, availability of spares, training on wheelchair usage
MORE ABOUT NEOBOLT
- NeoBolt is designed for independent transfer for outdoor mobility
- NeoBolt has a maximum speed of 25km/hr
- The battery can be charged in 4 hours
- It can cover 25-30kms per full charge
- It is made for all-terrain use – On roads, standard flyover inclination
SUPPORT & ASSOCIATIONS
1. TTK Center for Rehabilitation Research & Device Development (R2D2), IIT Madras – Joint Development
a. IMPRINT India Program – Government of India, ICMR & MHRD – Grant
b. HDFC Bank – CSR Funding
c. Tata Boeing Aerospace Ltd and other companies in the Tata group – CSR Funding
2. Enable Makeathon – International Committee of the Red Cross – Grant Prize
3. IIT Madras Incubation Cell – Incubation, Seed Grant and Loan
4. Villgro – Incubation, Seed Grant
5. Design: Impact Awards for Social Change – Titan Company and The Tata Trusts – Grant Award
6. The Spinal Foundation – experience sharing, user-specific insights
7. CSR Projects – L&T Technology Services, RR Donnelley, SGS India, SBI Cards (ongoing)
CURRENT STAGE
a. 800 Plus Units of NeoFly have been delivered across 32 states & UTs in India using NeoFit.
b. 120 Plus Units of the NeoFly & NeoBolt have been delivered across 20 states in India
AMBITION AND ROADMAP BY NEOMOTION
a. NeoMotion’s singular focus in the short-term is to enable wheelchair users to stay healthy, go out, explore life, get employed and be independent.
b. The ambition is to touch 100,000 lives every year in India by 2025.
c. Also looking at markets beyond India.
d. NeoMotion has decided to be in this space for the long-haul. The future plans include products for the elderly, children, and rehabilitation therapy.
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For more testimonials and possibilities with NeoMotion, watch YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/
(Topmost image : Mr. Suresh Mokel, New Mumbai)
(All pics : Neomotion)
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