You've Never Seen A Wheelchair Like This
Summary
TLDRIn this inspiring story, a determined boy named Cash, born with spina bifida, is gifted a one-of-a-kind wheelchair designed to fulfill his wildest dreams. The wheelchair, equipped with innovative features like stair-climbing capabilities, disco balls, train horns, and even Nerf guns, is a testament to the power of engineering and resilience. Cash's unwavering spirit and refusal to let his condition define him are celebrated as he embarks on thrilling adventures, including a memorable trip to a Warriors game, showcasing his zest for life and his ability to overcome challenges with a positive attitude.
Takeaways
- π A unique wheelchair was created for Cash, a resilient boy with spina bifida, incorporating features he desired.
- π’ The wheelchair has advanced capabilities such as stair climbing, self-balancing, and customizable modes.
- π€ Engineers at Scewo contributed their expertise to develop the technology for the innovative wheelchair.
- π Cash's story inspired the creator to develop a custom wheelchair, reflecting his adventurous and determined spirit.
- π Cash's passion for basketball and his ambition to become a great player are highlighted throughout the video.
- π The wheelchair includes fun features like disco balls, train horns, spinners, and Nerf guns, reflecting Cash's personality.
- π¨βπ© Cash's parents play a significant role in supporting him, both in challenges and triumphs.
- π₯ The creator, disguised as 'Roger' from a wheelchair supply company, researches Cash's needs and preferences.
- π A surprise reveal of the wheelchair to Cash is a major event, showcasing the culmination of the project.
- π Cash's motto 'My resilience is greater than my resistance' encapsulates his attitude towards life's obstacles.
- π The video promotes the idea of thinking like an engineer and the importance of resilience in overcoming challenges.
Q & A
What unique features does the world's greatest wheelchair have?
-The wheelchair has the ability to spin in place by balancing on just two wheels, go up and down stairs, and includes additional features like disco balls, train horns, spinners, and dual mounted Nerf guns.
Who inspired the creation of this special wheelchair?
-The wheelchair was inspired by a kid named Cash, who is described as one of the toughest kids the narrator has ever met.
What is Cash's medical condition?
-Cash has a condition called spina bifida, which means his spinal cord would never develop properly.
How did Cash's parents react when they found out about his condition?
-Despite doctors suggesting termination of pregnancies like Cash's 75% of the time, his parents refused to give up, choosing instead to embrace the challenge from the very beginning.
What is the significance of the wheelchair's design in relation to Cash's story?
-The wheelchair's design reflects Cash's resilience and determination. It is engineered to overcome obstacles, much like Cash has done in his life, symbolizing the ability to navigate through life's challenges with strength and adaptability.
What is the 'Wheelchair of Cash's Dreams'?
-The 'Wheelchair of Cash's Dreams' is a custom-built, 4-foot tall, gyroscopically stabilized marvel of engineering with two self-balancing wheels, a cupholder, and various modes and features tailored to Cash's interests and needs.
How does the wheelchair's stair-climbing feature work?
-The wheelchair's stair-climbing feature is activated by a button that lowers a set of tracks connected to the wheels via a chain drive, allowing the wheelchair to 'tank-tread' its way up any set of stairs.
What is the purpose of the 'CrunchLabs' company mentioned in the script?
-CrunchLabs is a toy company aimed at teaching kids to think like engineers. It provides monthly build box subscriptions where children can build toys while learning the physics principles behind how they work.
What was the final surprise for Cash?
-The final surprise for Cash was the 'Cash Cannon', a custom turret that connects to an iPad on his wheelchair, giving him the ability to remotely aim and fire an overclocked Nerf cannon.
What was the significance of the tickets to the Warriors game?
-The tickets to the Warriors game were a special surprise for Cash, as he is a huge basketball fan and aspires to be the greatest basketball player, whether Paralympian or able-bodied.
What motto does Cash live by?
-Cash lives by the motto 'My resilience is greater than my resistance', which encapsulates his approach to life's challenges and his determination to overcome them.
Outlines
π οΈ Introducing the Ultimate Wheelchair
The paragraph introduces the world's greatest wheelchair, designed for a resilient boy named Cash. The wheelchair is capable of spinning in place on two wheels, ascending and descending stairs, and features unique additions such as disco balls, train horns, spinners, and dual mounted Nerf guns. These features were inspired by Cash's creativity and his indomitable spirit, as he faces life's challenges with the support of his dedicated parents. The story also touches on Cash's medical condition, spina bifida, and his parents' decision to not terminate the pregnancy despite the odds, setting the stage for Cash's inspiring journey.
π₯ Behind the Scenes of the Wheelchair Surprise
This paragraph delves into the process of creating a surprise for Cash by building his dream wheelchair. The narrator, disguised as Roger from a wheelchair supply company, researches and learns from Cash about his preferences and needs for a wheelchair. Cash's wish for a wheelchair that could go upstairs sparks the idea for an extraordinary creation. The paragraph describes the intense but exciting process of designing and building the wheelchair, with a focus on transforming Cash's ideas into reality. The anticipation builds as the narrator prepares for the big reveal, showcasing the wheelchair's unique features and capabilities.
π Unveiling the Wheelchair of Cash's Dreams
The third paragraph narrates the big reveal of the customized wheelchair to Cash. The narrator, as Roger, guides Cash through a tour of a fake wheelchair factory before presenting the wheelchair. Cash is introduced to the wheelchair's various modes, including party mode with a disco ball, a crowd-pleasing train horn mode, and a battle mode complete with a Nerf gun. The highlight is the wheelchair's ability to climb stairs, a feature that Cash had wished for. The paragraph emphasizes the joy and empowerment Cash experiences with his new wheelchair, and the narrator's admiration for the engineers at Scewo who made the wheelchair's advanced features possible, drawing a parallel between their resilience and Cash's own determination.
π Cash's Journey and the Impact of Engineering
The final paragraph reflects on Cash's story and the impact of engineering on his life. It highlights Cash's enthusiasm for life and his embrace of challenges as opportunities to grow stronger. The narrator shares his gratitude for experiencing Cash's resilience firsthand and expresses hope that Cash will show mercy with the newly unveiled Cash Cannon. The paragraph also discusses the broader goal of CrunchLabs, a company started by the narrator with the aim of teaching kids to think like engineers. It explains how the monthly subscription service encourages critical thinking and problem-solving skills, and how it can benefit children in various aspects of their lives, just as it has for Cash.
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Keywords
π‘wheelchair
π‘Cash
π‘resilience
π‘engineering
π‘Nerf guns
π‘spina bifida
π‘stair-climbing
π‘personalization
π‘CrunchLabs
π‘adaptation
π‘community
Highlights
The creation of the world's greatest wheelchair, designed specifically for a resilient young boy named Cash.
The wheelchair's unique ability to spin in place and balance on just two wheels.
Innovative feature allowing the wheelchair to navigate both up and down stairs with ease.
Additional features of the wheelchair include a disco ball, train horn, spinners, and dual mounted Nerf guns.
The inspiring story of Cash, who was diagnosed with spina bifida but whose parents refused to terminate the pregnancy.
Cash's determination and resilience in the face of adversity, refusing to use excuses and pushing through challenges.
The disguise used to research and build the wheelchair of Cash's dreams, involving a character named Roger from a wheelchair supply company.
The surprise reveal of the customized wheelchair to Cash, showcasing its unique features and capabilities.
The wheelchair's party mode, which includes a disco ball and loudspeaker for maximum visibility and entertainment.
The crowd navigation mode, featuring a train horn and P.A. system for announcing Cash's arrival.
The custom 3D printed purple cup holder and secret under-seat hidden stash spot for snacks.
The introduction of Battle Mode, with high torque servos for engaging in Nerf gun battles while on the move.
The Cash Cannon, a custom turret that connects to an iPad for remote aiming and operation.
The final surprise of tickets to a Warriors vs. Lakers basketball game, located in a pouch within the wheelchair.
Cash's dream of becoming a great basketball player, either as a Paralympian or in the NBA, showcasing his ambition and determination.
The impact of the wheelchair on Cash's life, improving mobility and quality of life with its innovative design.
The message of resilience and the importance of embracing challenges as opportunities to grow stronger.
The role of engineering in solving real-world problems and improving lives, as exemplified by the wheelchair's creation.
Transcripts
This is the world's greatest wheelchair.
Not only can it spin in place by balancing on just two wheels,
but it can also go both up and down stairs.
On top of that,
there are some additional features that involve things like disco balls,
train horns, spinners and dual mounted Nerf guns.
Because all the features for this wheelchair
came from the brain of this kid right here.
it was the
His name is Cash.
And Cash is quite possibly the toughest kid I've ever met.
You fell down?
Yes!
Let me see you recover.
Get up.
Push off.
Push off your wheel.
Now push off your bed right there.
There you go.
Thatβs what Iβm saying boy!
I could help you, but you wouldn't know that you could do it on your own.
You know what Iβm saying?!
Yes!
Sometimes in life you fall.
But guess what?
What?
You just pull yourself back up.
Yeah.
Come on. Come on. Get up there.
Get up there, get up there.
And it doesn't take long to realize he's got a good set of parents
who are there for every challenge.
When you get on that lip, you push
with everything you've got.
Ready. Go.
Go
Pop your wheelie.
Pop your wheelie.
There you go.
Go, Go. Don't fall back.
Don't fall back.
Go! Push. Push!
Both arms. Push, push, push.
And especially there for every triumph
Push. Quit rocking it
There you go.
There you go.
THERE YOU GO!
donβt go backβ
There you GO BOY!!!
Yeah ha ha ha!!
Thatβs how you get it buddy!
Thatβs how you get it baby!
In fact, Cash's story begins when his parents went in to get a routine
pregnancy ultrasound
and were told his spinal cord would never develop properly
because he had a condition called spina bifida.
And even though doctors said that 75% of the time
pregnancies like these were terminated
Cash's parents refused.
And so that refusal to give up, despite the odds, has been his story
since the very beginning.
and whether heβs fostering his diehard passion for basketball
or just challenging himself
by ripping out more pull-ups in a row than I've ever done.
Youβre a dawg!
you quickly realize
he just doesn't waste time with excuses.
So once I learned about Cash, I was so inspired by his attitude
and resilience,
I knew I had to make my way out to Texas to research what it would take
to surprise him by building the wheelchair of his wildest dreams.
And since the key to a good surprise is a good disguise
we got right to work.
This makes me want to pen a rock ballad
I've now transformed into Roger from the wheelchair supply company.
It's very nice to meet you.
All right, here we go.
Well, hello there.
Hi.
My name's Roger.
I'm from the wheelchair Supply company.
Itβs nice to meet you
I'm doing research.
How do you like this wheelchair?
It's good.
There's no motor on that thing?
Haha THESE!
Okay!
Roger clearly had a lot to learn from Cash.
Such as wheelchair dimensions.
Wheelchair disembarkment.
Holy cow.
How to bomb a rainmaker.
Ohhh!
Yeah!
Wow!
And yes, even proper wheelchair motor size.
Three and a half.
Not even Steven Curry has muscles that big.
Stephen Curry
Yeah, right there. Steven Curry.
He is Stephen.
Stephen! Thatβs right
He's good at shooting a β what is it, a 4 pointer?
Three!
Oh three!
What are you talking about?
Is there anything about your wheelchair
you wish that it had that it doesn't have?
Like a cup holder
That makes sense.
And if he just stopped there
this could have been my least expensive video ever.
What if it could go upstairs?
(gasps)
That would be cool.
But we didnβt.
And it didn't take much to really open the floodgates.
Nerf guns.
Cool, glowing lights.
Yeah, every day.
Chocolate.
What's your favorite color?
Purple.
Would you want a train horn?
Yes!
A CLOWN HORN!
Or what if it was like a toot?
Huh?
Like somebody passed gas?
Or just stick with clown horn...
Yeah, of course.
That's poor taste.
And with that, Roger decided not to push his luck any further.
Seeing as Cash had already given us three months of work
we'd have to compress down to a ten second build montage.
And so, a few months later, it was time.
Just got word.
They are 5 minutes away.
It's time to transform back into Roger, the wheelchair salesman
for the big reveal.
And Roger was practically my alter ego now, so I didn't need any makeup artist.
Oh crud.
Kind of wanted one, though.
Let's frickin do this.
The family arrived at what the kids thought
was Roger's wheelchair supply company.
And of course, it's designed to just be a boring old waiting room.
But to Cash
FISHES!
Nothing is boring.
Oh heβs huge.
I want to smile, but I can't.
It was time for Roger to make an appearance.
If he could just keep his face on.
My mustache is falling off
but there was no time to readjust.
Wait...
Oh she just found one of the cameras
I just got to go.
Dad. There's a camβ
Roger!
Well hello there.
Good to see you again
How are you?
Good. What are you looking at over there?
That giant fish over there!
Youβre seeing a big fish?
It looks like a lizard.
It was time for Roger to come clean.
I'm just going to give you a tour of the wheelchair factory.
Yes!
I also have something else to tell you.
Okay. This isn't my real hair.
What!
This isn't even my real mustache.
What?
This isn't my real goatee.
Huh?
My name is actually Mark.
I make YouTube videos.
I saw your boxes.
Youβve seen CrunchLabs boxes?
Yeah!
We have even cooler stuff here than the fish.
Ready to have some fun today?
Letβs go!
And Cash wasted no time
Whoa.
in kicking off a self-guided tour.
There he goes.
Welcome to CrunchLabs
Yeah!
Flex those biceps.
You remember how big they were?
Probably 19 inches.
Whoa a bit of inflation!
Come in here, pal.
Whoa.
This is the world's largest Nerf gun.
This is like a pool noodle and a toilet plunger.
Aw what are you getting?
Basketball
You went right to that thing, didnβt you?
And the tour was going great
First try.
Give me some. until we hit a snag that allowed us to get down to business.
I think it'd be fun if we had a Nerf battle.
The only thing is we'll have to go up those stairs.
My dad will have to carry me.
Wouldn't it be cool if your wheelchair could go up those stairs?
Yes.
Can I show you something?
Okay, I want you to stay.
Move that bookshelf.
One, two, three.
Move that bookshelf!
Okay you stay here, pal!
May I proudly present.
Oh my gosh
This 4 foot tall gyroscopically stabilized marvel of engineering
with two self-balancing wheels and a cupholder
AKA
The Wheelchair of Cash's Dreams
Who's driving that?
A ghost?
A ghost, I guess.
Don't move.
Donut!
Donut!
You see the back what it says?
Cash Cab!
because that right there?
that's yours.
(gasps)
Wanna go test it out? Yeah, It was safety always coming.
Yes!
With safety always coming first
it was important we started slow.
You ready to go forward?
Yes
Ooh.
Good.
Mama I was about to run you over!
I know!
But before long, Cash found his confidence.
Okay.
All right, all right, all right.
Easy!
Now in addition to the custom purple under-lighting
and the blinged out wheel-spinners
sporting the colors of his favorite basketball team,
we cooked up three different modes he could switch between
by simply sliding a different module down our custom rack hot swap system.
The first was party mode, where flipping the toggle switch activates
a linear actuator raising the disco ball for maximum visibility
while the green button really gets the party started.
The second mode is for the days when you need to navigate a crowd
because now the green button will activate the train horn.
Here we go.
3... 2... 1...
This mode also includes a P.A. system.
You roll up to school and you want to let everyone know you're there.
Got a new wheelchair!
Yeah!
as well as a soundboard hooked up to the loudspeaker
so we could play any custom sound, which would of course include the clown horn.
But that's not all.
Push that one.
Awww thatβs low-brow.
Sorry.
That should not be on there.
But then don't catch yourself sleeping on the number one requested feature
a custom 3D printed purple cup holder.
Hey, sis!. Bring me a drink of water!
What's the magic word?
Please!
There you go.
And that cupholders the perfect spot to hold a glass of milk.
He could pair with the contents of the secret under-seat hidden stash spot.
CHOCOLATE!
And as for Cashβs verdict on Feastables?
You got lucky, Jimmy
He likes it.
And so before I introduce him to the third and final module,
appropriately named Battle Mode
I had a demonstration for him.
Ready to see it go upstairs?
Yes!!
I've seen this done, but I wanted to wait till you were here
to do it for the first time myself and I might want to put on my seatbelt
just in case
Safety first.
Okay, now all I do is hit this stairs button,
and when I do that, a set of tracks which are connected to the wheels via
a chain drive are lowered into place by a linear actuator.
And then you just tank-tread your way up any set of stairs.
Peace
Youβre going!
Youβre going! And, while I'll take the blame
for the most ridiculous modifications of his wheelchair,
including the fart speaker and some others youβll see here in a minute
I'm going up the stairs, buddy.
Check me out.
I want to shout out the incredible engineers at Scewo
who spent the last decade perfecting the technology required
to make a stair-climbing self-balancing wheelchair
Buddy, I did it!
You made it!
They've had so many setbacks and failures and challenges along the way
just like my buddy Cash.
I could help you, but you wouldn't know that you could do it on your own.
But also, just like my buddy Cash, they've had the resilience to push through
and ultimately succeed in making a positive impact on the world.
And to me, that's what it means to think like an engineer.
I got my Nerf gun.
WHOA that is big!
In fact, it's why I named the toy company I started that has the expressed goal
of teaching kids to think like engineers: CrunchLabs
itβs because things are supposed to crunch and break and fail along the way.
All right, here I go.
Not gonna lie, this is a little bit terrifying
but, you know what, I trust in good engineering.
And so if I can get them to do more than just watch a video
and build something along side me while pushing
through those setbacks, as I talk about the physics of what's going on,
then the principles will really sink in.
So if you want to have a ton of fun while building up that resiliency muscle
in your brain' so you can be more like my buddy Cash,
It works!
head to CrunchLabs.com
or use the link in the video description.
It's a little nerve wracking at first.
I'm not going to lie,
but then you get pretty comfortable with it
and now I'm back down.
Is that cool?
Yeah.
While I was coming back, I noticed something, though.
I can't be shooting the Nerf gun and driving at the same time.
And that is exactly where the third and final mode comes into play.
Battle mode,
where the toggle switch now communicates with a microcontroller
that activates two 150 kilogram high torque servos
swinging yourself into action
at which point the green button declares war.
It goes on, yeah.
Then when you're done, just flip to toggle switch back.
Okay abort! Abort!
Whoa.
Like nothing ever happened.
And so, like any good engineers would...
Starting line up for the Battle:
Daddy
Me
And Mark Rober!
Heck yess!
We put the whole system to one final test.
Letβs go!
Letβs go!
Yeah!
Okay, okay, pause pause!
Ow!
Letβs go yes.
We won!
Yes!
We won!
Did one of you guys hit me in the ear?
Charli...
Was that you?
Can you handle any more surprises?
Yes. Can you handle one more surprise?
YES!
Okay!
Okay!!
Come over here.
And this was hands-down
the biggest surprise so far
introducing the Cash Cannon.
Because the Cash Cannon is not only a custom turret we designed
which foreshadows a huge announcement in my next video
but by using the iPad on his chair
he's instantly connected to a private live-feed of CrunchLabs
from anywhere in the world
giving him the ability
to remotely aim the Cash Cannon until he finds me in the crosshairs.
So whenever he's with his friends at school
and he wants some street cred by terrorizing Mark Rober real time
with an overclocked Nerf cannon,
Ah! Cash! No!
that's just the thing he can do, now.
Man, CrunchLabs, is not going to be safe from here on out.
Unbeknownst to cash, hidden right under his seat was my one final mega surprise.
But before I unveil that, we took a little break,
Jump!
had a little lunch
and did a little science.
Whoa!
Ten out of ten.
And that earned science bob more than just a simple round of applause.
And how about a round of Nerf guns?
This is what you do for ten out of ten?
And not only can this chair more easily travel
off the beaten path than a typical wheelchair
and easily slide into the back of a car using any kind of simple board as a ramp.
But it has a tall mode
which enables you to reach all those higher spots
or finally dunk on your dad.
Yeah!
Letβs go!