1. Improving Tricycle Biomechanics: Strategy Tricycle Biomechanics Team March 3, 2007 Xin He, Tess Veuthey, Katherine Wong, Mario Bollini, Elizabeth Au, Lindsay Todman http://web.mit.edu/sp.784/www/projects.html

2. Functional Requirements Ergonomics Aesthetics Adaptability to different disability needs Increase power output efficiency Improve tricycle simultaneous power and steering

3. Power and Steering http://www.unescap.org/esid/psis/disability/decade /publications/z15001p1/z1500104.htm

4. Future Plans Short Term:  Develop a more thorough understanding of the steering and power systems through experimentation on the tricycles. Long Term:  Use the information we gathered to design a power-steering system that is easier to use and more efficient than the hand- crank and steering system.

5. Mentors & Community Partners Amos Winter Gwyn Jones Ralf Hotchkiss Aaron Wheeler Rory McCarthy Henry Chacha and Erasto Elias at DAGE Peter Mbugua and Alfred Matoi at APDK Casserdy Magaya and Rasta Nazarite at Disacare

6. Current Designs http://www.unescap.org/esid/psis/disability/ decade/publications/z15001p1/z1500104.htm http://www.spinlife.com/category.cfm?categoryID=8 http://web.mit.edu/sp.784/www/projects.html