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oculus on robotshop | vertical challenge | vertical challenge — Tue, 15 May 2012 07:18:01 +0000

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Comment on about brad by Lillian

Lillian — Sun, 06 May 2012 02:22:33 +0000

Hello Brad. Nice site.

Comment on about brad by admin

admin — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:07:19 +0000

yes, I’m just @zdanivsky on twitter. (https://twitter.com/#!/zdanivsky)

Thanks, I’ll try to post few more climbing pictures soon.

Comment on about brad by Pam

Pam — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:19:03 +0000

I work for two guys with quadriplegia and they continually have more strength,guts,courage,etc.than I could ever imagine. These pics are so fantastic and moving. I am wondering if you are on twitter. More people need to see these.

Comment on about brad by SSDated

SSDated — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:50:30 +0000

Intense. I hope everyone finds something in life that they love and are passionate about as much as you are about climbing. Hope El Capitain happens for you some day. I wonder what my El Capitain is?? Probably grad school.

Comment on when your vibrator lets you down by admin

admin — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 06:52:25 +0000

Hi.. I’d consider a new battery. And just trying/guess polarity of a charger and battery is never a good idea. I’ve got a ferticare grave yard if you need parts.

Comment on when your vibrator lets you down by Adrian

Adrian — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:09:36 +0000

Sorry had some errors on the top message just reposting the bottom part of it

Trying to get one charged up that should be direct from Sweden and I am not seeing any type of green LEDs lit on the vibrator itself however there is a red LED on the charger which is turning on when it’s plugged in and I’m not sure if that means I am just using the wrong polarity going into the vibrator because the tip of it has two different ways to plug either + in the middle and – outside or vice versa. So far I’ve tried both ways and doesn’t seem to charge and from what I’m hearing from another person is that no matter what the battery situation is the green light should be doing something. Thanks and I hope someone can get back to me on this.

Comment on when your vibrator lets you down by Adrian

Adrian — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:06:36 +0000

hi… I hope you guys are still reading these posts. I need to find out what is the voltage output and polarity of the charger for the ferticare. Any or all of the info that is on the charger would be greatly appreciated. Trying to get one charged up that should be direct from Sweden and I am not using any type of green LEDs lit on the vibrator itself however there is a red LED on the charger which is turning on when it’s plugged in and I’m not sure if that means I am just using the wrong polarity going into the vibrator because the tip of it has two different ways to plug either + in the middle and – outside or vice versa. So far I’ve tried both ways and doesn’t seem to charge and from what I’m hearing from another person is that no matter what the battery situation is the green light should be doing something. Thanks and I hope someone can get back to me on this.

Comment on oculus ROV by admin

admin — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 02:54:24 +0000

bot gone a week… getting lasers!

Comment on oculus ROV by Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 02:35:30 +0000

The link isn’t working! =P http://24.85.241.92/oculus/

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Comment on have a go day by brad

brad — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 06:24:58 +0000

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brad — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 06:24:40 +0000

http://maps.google.ca/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=204279616512514852038.0004a7d83ad7aad325ac0

Comment on when your vibrator lets you down by Brad

Brad — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 03:02:40 +0000

Hi.. retrograde is the spasms going in the wrong order really. A clinic can separate out the sperm, but wow. 14k!

I’d give vibrators a try sure, but his level is so low that he won’t get AD at all. Does he know when it is about to happen? can feel his stomach tighten and breathing slow?

Sorry, I wish I knew more about lower injuries. Feel free to email me directly if you like.

Good luck,
Brad

Comment on when your vibrator lets you down by Jenn

Jenn — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 05:31:32 +0000

Hi, I was wondering if this would work for my husband. He is a paraplegic. SCI at the L1 level. we are wanting to have a baby of our own. He has retrograde ejaculation (sperm goes into bladder). Thats the problem, he can go and go forever, just wondering if this device would help or if you know of any other that may help. We can do a procedure IF we have 14 grand, which we dont. and doctors no a days arent very keen on “home remedies”. So, I understand if you cant help us, but I thought since you are writing about this that you may of some help, thank you. please ask me anything if you need to know. I probably left something out you may need to you.

Comment on when your vibrator lets you down by admin

admin — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 00:59:57 +0000

Hi.. vibe placement will vary, please see posting on this here:

http://verticalchallenge.org/2010/08/sex-health-videos/

Comment on have a go day by admin

admin — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 19:31:51 +0000

Some video from Shira Golden:

Comment on health and fitness journal by admin

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:55:35 +0000

Good… go tell all your friends to think about it too!

AD is not to be feared, and we can’t understand it without studding it directly. Meaning, we need to induce it in the lab(s).

Thanks,
Brad

Comment on health and fitness journal by Rianne Ravensbergen

Rianne Ravensbergen — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:38:21 +0000

Very intriguing article! As you said: as scientist we only look at the harmful consequences of AD and try to find out how to minimize it. But as someone loving sports and outdoors I can definitely see how you would like to take advantage to be able to continue climbing. Don’t we all take risks while taking part in sports… and especially in outdoor sports?
But you are right in seeking more information in mechanisms and finding a way to make it safer.
Hmm difficult material…

Thanks, I enjoyed your article and it does make me think..

Comment on have a go day by admin

admin — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:42:16 +0000

http://www.weathercity.com/ca/bc/squamish/

This site says full rain sunday, but sat looks kinda ok.

Comment on have a go day by admin

admin — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:14:17 +0000

Hey Everyone,
Looks like the weather is not cooperating for the weekend and we might have to call have a go day off. Does anyone have suggestions for other weekends that might work for them?

Comment on have a go day by admin

admin — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 06:42:31 +0000

http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/CABC0279

Comment on have a go day by admin

admin — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:53:06 +0000

Yes, please email me your cell numbers, thanks.

Comment on have a go day by Sandy

Sandy — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:02:01 +0000

Sure, we’re in. If we experience boredom from lack of participation – recall, non-climbers, so if you exceed our elevation, ?? – we have lots of Squamish connections to pass the time with and come back when the action picks up.

Comment on have a go day by Eileen

Eileen — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 03:41:46 +0000

Looking to car pool either as a driver or a passenger. No sense taking too many cars up.

Comment on have a go day by admin

admin — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 03:32:02 +0000

Anyone know the address to the drop off spot? So can give people a google map.

Comment on have a go day by admin

admin — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 03:28:48 +0000

Thanks Sandy.. Can we count you in for BBQ too?

1105 Lamey’s Mill road
(near granville island)

Comment on have a go day by admin

admin — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 03:27:34 +0000

BBQ at my place after… this is still on if we get rained out of course.

Comment on have a go day by Sandy

Sandy — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 03:18:04 +0000

We are two in a car that hosts five and neither of us climb. We are, however, fascinated by your b***s and would love to participate. If anyone needs a ride from North Van, please allow me.

Comment on have a go day by diana

diana — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:57:07 +0000

Things look wet this weekend…
Friday – Cloudy with POP at 30%
Saturday – Light rain. POP – 80%
Sunday – Same as Friday

Comment on have a go day by admin

admin — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 01:57:31 +0000

yes, we’ll bring up the wheels and back.

time for you.. how about 11:00 – 12:00 ?

Hope to do the para’s first.

Comment on have a go day by sarah

sarah — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 01:54:09 +0000

Did you receive my email? I need to know how many people w/ wheels that I should invite and when you propose them to have a go.

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power assisted wheelchair project | vertical challenge — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 21:57:15 +0000

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Comment on squamish paralympic torch relay by jen

jen — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:18:59 +0000

tears, good ones…mega proud of you Brad…dang.

Comment on squamish paralympic torch relay by Darren Warburton

Darren Warburton — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:22:58 +0000

Brad,

Congratulations. I could not think of a better representative for Canada.

Darren

Comment on squamish paralympic torch relay by janet

janet — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:58:06 +0000

hey nice post and nice video! if you were nervous, you didn’t show it. you seemed really genuine and humbled.

Comment on when your vibrator lets you down by Addison

Addison — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:16:01 +0000

Thank you so much for your post. My boyfriend is a quad (injury @ C7). He has little feeling in his shaft, most is in the head of the penis. His injury was six years ago and he has only ejaculated once since then (way before we started dating). Previous to the injury he says he was a masturbating machine… now he no longer does it because of poor fine motor, etc.
I want nothing more than to help him orgasm, I don’t care if its with a vibrator, with me, or whatever. My question is HOW DO I DO THIS? There is very little info out there and I can’t afford to go to a doctor for this. We got his stomach to spasm after a two hour session with my hand/sex but still nothing. If I get a vibrator where do I put it? What do I do with it?
If you or anybody has any advice to knowledge of resources please let me know. Thank you !!!!!!

Comment on bluetooth on J2me platforms by brad

brad — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 02:35:48 +0000

see a good example of bluetooth device (heart rate monitor) here:

http://www.astradsson.dk/blog/archives/155

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brad — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:38:40 +0000

see this article, has install instructions. Java Runtime for S60 to version 2.0

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Comment on when your vibrator lets you down by brad

brad — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:01:23 +0000

Interesting news story about a quad benefiting from regular ejaculation.

Comment on when your vibrator lets you down by brad

brad — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:02:12 +0000

I know that seems like pretty close, but I’d go to the trouble of the added resistors to get it to match. If anything, you connect the wall charger in place of the battery. Watch the polarity too. Now, your supply can source an amp.. more than 3 times more juice (pun intended), so that is serious. The ferticare is very powerful vibrator as it is. I recommend the Hitachi first for that reason. Don’t ever use the fericare for more than a few minutes, it can do damage.

Comment on when your vibrator lets you down by Giacomo Terenzi

Giacomo Terenzi — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:54:28 +0000

While waiting for your video, I have a question: why do I have to drop the 7.5 volts down to match the circuit? I read in the product specification that the battery is 7.2V 350mAh. What would happen if I directly put the power supply on to the wires coming from the battery (obviously putting a switch so that the power supply doesn’t go up to the battery) ?

Comment on when your vibrator lets you down by brad

brad — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:19:19 +0000

Oh.. even 300 milli amps could hurt you if it was across your chest and the current path had very low resistance (wet skin). All you need is enough current to throw your heart into an irregular pattern. That power supply will work fine.. just don't start cutting wires just yet. Try charging the battery and get a voltmeter out if you can get one. You'll need to drop that 7.5 volts down to match the circuit in the ferticare. I'll pull out my old one and do a video soon.

From Gear

Comment on when your vibrator lets you down by Giacomo Terenzi

Giacomo Terenzi — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:08:53 +0000

Yessss!! What a good idea: a video! Thank you, I’m looking forward.

The power supply I found at home (7.5V 1A) belonged to a tiny wireless router, I can’t imagine a horse killed by the electrons that excite minuscule transistors… 1000 mA is a bit more than three times 300mA, that you indicated as insufficient. How would 1000 mA damage the circuit according to you? Anyway I trust you, if you say that it is not good… it was just to try to recycle materials (and not go to find a power supply across the city)

Comment on when your vibrator lets you down by brad

brad — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:32:27 +0000

Cutting the end off.. you need to cut above that plug. I took off about 4cm or so. Near the hole were the speed potentiometer dial sticks out. From there you can pull out the circuit board and battery pack. Before going and hacking it with a power supply, I recommend replacing the battery, or at least testing it — see if you can charge it. Then you’ll know is really just the battery/charger issue.

Amps… know this. 1 amp can kill a horse. Be careful if you don’t know electronics. I’ll try top post a how to video soon.

Try a Hitachi wand yet? 50 bucks.

Comment on when your vibrator lets you down by Giacomo Terenzi

Giacomo Terenzi — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:08:55 +0000

Hi,
thank you for your answers! I cut off the end as you said (the button rubber cover) but below I can’t directly access the board (in order to pull it and the battery out from the body) but rather ther is a sort of stopper, supposedly glued to the body, holed at the center through wich the switch arm protrude. I tried to pull out with tongs but it seems to be resistent.
Unless you have a better idea, the only solution may be to cut a little window on the plastic body more or less where the battery and its wires may lie (not cutting the 360° body, as in picture, otherwise how to tightly re-aasemblate it?) and operate from there, isn’t it?

Have you already made some electrical measure? I’m not so skilled in this field. I found a 7.5V 1A power supply at home, may it be good?

Comment on when your vibrator lets you down by brad

brad — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:05:36 +0000

The older ferticare devices were great, but the batteries in the new ones are pretty bad. I’ve cut mine open and used a power supply to bypass the battery. This is something you do at your own risk of course, but it does work better. These battery vs wall powered issues are important for liability of a medical grade device, but for is less practical. I also wanted a better switch to turn on and off because my hand function is poor — worse while in full on muscle spasm!

If you want to hack on your ferticare, I’ll give you some advice. It is not that easy to open the case. You need to cut the end (push button) right off, then you can access the battery and wires. Test how many AMP’s it draws at the highest setting you would ever use and be sure your power supply can handle it. It charges at about 300ma, but the motors need way more than that. So, just using the power supply it came with will not be enough.

good luck, let me know how it goes.

Comment on when your vibrator lets you down by Giacomo Terenzi

Giacomo Terenzi — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 15:18:00 +0000

Hi, I bought an used ferticare. Obviously the battery doesn’t keep the charge as written in the manual, so it often dosn’t last enough to make me ejaculate. I would like to know if you could see some point on the vibrator’s body where it can be opened to change the battery. Another idea was to add a switch so that it can work directly with the charger.
Thank you.

(sorry about my english, is it clear?)

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Comment on when your vibrator lets you down by brad

brad — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 01:13:32 +0000

Hi.. I understand why you would be frustrated. Basically put, orgasm and ejaculation are not the same thing and should be differentiated. One could argue about these definitions, but what ejaculation feels like for a person with an SCI varies on injury. What most men find enjoyable are the muscle spasms that cause ejaculation and this is something you can retrain your body to do. As a quad this will be pretty straight forward, but you must be comfortable dealing with AD (have a way to manage high blood pressure spikes). Without a fast rising Blood Pressure, lowered breathing and increased abdominal tone you will not ejaculate. (or can “retrograde” and go into your bladder instead.)

Good luck, ask your DR for info.. but don’t spend the 800 until you try one. You might be fine with just the Hitachi Wand that I use and is about 50 dollars instead. I’ll post more of my data soon, you’ll see that over timer this can be very easy and can feel “normal” again. I recommend doing your am routine, shower etc.. back to bed, do a catheter then try when flaccid. For ejaculation without a partner, don’t need an erection to start. As you get close to ejaculation you will get swelling and even with poor hand function you can get similar enjoyment compared to able bodied days of masturbation. The bonus is that you will get solid erections with little effort for the rest of the day — so do this on date nights and get rid of relying on Viagra. Don’t try more than few minutes to ejaculate. If you don’t get the Ad Blood Pressure spike, just give it a miss for the day, and don’t try again for few days. One last thing, don’t try to ejaculate more than twice in 24 hours, can really mess your blood pressure up. I can help you more if you have access to blood pressure and heart rate devices.

On an interesting side note: who is helping you with this? You want to sort this out before you are dating really.. so, better hire staff that will be comfortable around this! Never apologize for wanting to masturbate for good health or enjoyment — because we all do, and are too embarrassed to discuss it openly.

Thanks,
Brad

Comment on when your vibrator lets you down by mike

mike — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 00:51:13 +0000

Thanks for this. I am in my first year in a chair, with a wierd incomplete C3-5 injury, and having a devil of a time getting info on what the Ferticare will do besides allow me to get someone pregnant (not my goal, if you know what I mean). No one talks about this. What does it feel like? I have touch sensation, but not pin prick and light touch.

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Comment on nokia 5800 (batman phone) review by admin

admin — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 01:10:28 +0000

Comment on nokia 5800 (batman phone) review by admin

admin — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 06:40:26 +0000

If you have a 5800, please try this MIDdlet do test bluetooth and wifi connections. I’ll post screen shots of these running on PC emulator over the weekend.

http://zephyropen.googlecode.com/files/ZephyrOpenMIDlet.rar

Comment on nokia 5800 (batman phone) review by admin

admin — Thu, 07 May 2009 19:41:11 +0000

Noika drivers continue to be hit and miss with updates… I’ve updated, re-flashed my phone to version 21.0.025 and still seeing strange connection behavior. Posting more about this over the weekend.