NewTech Friday: Kangsters – Inventing fitness solutions for wheelchair users
Kangsters is a pioneering able-tech startup hailing from South Korea. Tyrion Kim, CEO & Founder, presents the company and tells us more about their solutions, especially their smart wheelchair treadmill called Wheely-X that they want to propel on a global scale.
Kangsters is a pioneering able-tech startup hailing from South Korea. Tyrion Kim, CEO & Founder, presents the company and tells us more about their solutions, especially their smart wheelchair treadmill called Wheely-X that they want to propel on a global scale.
What led to the creation of Kangsters?
Our family members and millions of people around the world suffer from living co-dependently. This strips them of their confidence, hope, and participation in many of the things they care about. This has been an issue throughout human history.
The reality is that the life quality of our loved ones with disabilities has always been last for innovations. Today, while solutions are emerging for life off Earth, our family members still cannot even live confidently and independently. We realized we couldn’t wait for innovation to reach our families during their lifetime. We needed to create it.
Could you present Kangsters‘ offer?
Kangsters makes solutions that people with disabilities can use by themselves, so they can live confidently and fully independently.
Our first solution, Wheelster Mini, enables wheelchair users to gracefully and quickly clean their wheels independently from their chairs.
Our current solution, Wheely-X, enables wheelchair users to regain the ability to train their cardiorespiratory fitness independently. This includes people with varying degrees of disabilities and paralysis from injuries, strokes, spinal cord injuries and traumatic brain injuries. With Wheely-X, these people can finally lose weight, transfer independently, and reduce life-threatening conditions such as disabilities and heart conditions.
Wheely-X is currently available in two packages. Wheely-X Train provides the ‘reconditioner’ equipment so people can train independently. Wheely-X Data adds the ability to track personal fitness data and customizable exercise programs, so people can design their health strategies.
What's coming next for Kangsters?
We are excited to be making it easier for the global community of people with disabilities to access Wheely-X through a larger number of medical facilities, public centers and retailers worldwide.
Wheely-X owners and users will soon have access to online, multiplayer fitness gaming with any Wheely-X user around the world through our new package and upgrade Wheely-X Play. We are working with incredible gaming companies who are producing new worlds and experiences for Wheely-X users.
Online, multiplayer fitness gaming for wheelchair users is coming. We’re thrilled to make this experience available to all.
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