We talked about how technology is helping kids in the classroom as well as aiding in the learning process of children with disabilities.
Today a young Michigan teen is using technology on a whole new level. After a car accident left him in a wheelchair while he recovers, he is attending all his classes at his high school thanks to an ipad and a segway.
Here is Cole Fritz talking about his experiment.
( soundbite/ 0226 Cole Fritz )
There was a similar scene in an episode from the popular American comedy show: Big bang theory, where the character Sheldon creates a robot with his face showing on a computer screen mounted on a Segway which allows him to be mobile and chat with his roommate Leonard and other friends.
( soundbite/ 0226 Sheldon as robot )