{"id":863,"date":"2021-10-29T03:20:07","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T03:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briometrix.com\/OLD\/?p=863"},"modified":"2022-10-27T05:45:32","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T05:45:32","slug":"measuring-effort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briometrix.com\/OLD\/measuring-effort\/","title":{"rendered":"Measuring Effort"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Eckhard<\/span><\/div>

Eckhard Kemmerer – Briometrix Co-Founder<\/p>\n

There are a few things you should know about effort<\/b><\/h3>\n
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  • it\u2019s complicated,<\/li>\n
  • optional (more on that later) and<\/li>\n
  • it can be measured.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    For a long time, the talk around wheelchair use was about accessibility. And rightly so. For those who suddenly found themselves confined to a life of limited mobility, decisions that were once taken for granted now took careful planning. A meal at the pub or a trip to the park became an exercise in scoping out footpaths, door widths and proximity to bathrooms.<\/p>\n

    That was certainly the case for Brisbane local Bevan Kearsley when he found himself in a wheelchair three decades ago.<\/p>\n

    \u201cMy mates would say, \u2018Let\u2019s go down to the pub for a couple of beers or a restaurant.\u2019 They don’t think whether it’s accessible or not for somebody in a wheelchair,\u201d Bevan says, \u201cThere\u2019s no need for them to think.\u201d<\/p>\n

    That sheer effort of getting out and about was barely on the radar of councils and accessibility advocates at the time. After all, effort is personal. It could hardly be voiced let alone measured.<\/p>\n

    Until now.<\/p>\n

    Briometrix Head of Product Eckhard Kemmerer and his team have worked tirelessly to measure and collect data on effort and the result has opened up new avenues for independence not just for the wheelchair community (where Briometrix has its roots) but for the revolution in small wheels in our cities.<\/p>\n

    Eck\u2019s lightbulb moment came when he was watching the subtle cues of wheelchair users approaching kerbs: the slight hesitation, the mental calculation and the fear of toppling over. It was then that Eck realised that mobility was much more than getting from A to B.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>