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Mit: Invention of the Week: Ernesto E. Blanco: Stair Climbing Wheelchair

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Read about MIT teacher and practitioner Ernesto Blanco, inventor of the stair-climbing wheelchair. This article provides details on the inventor's life, his career outside of MIT, and his inventions that continue to help the handicapped and blind.

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wheelchair, braille writing machines, ernesto blanco, helping the handicapped, inventions for handicapped, lemelson-mit, mit teacher, mit inventor, stair climbing wheelchair, stair-climbing wheelchair, medical technologies
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