Everyone has the desire and the right to express themselves. People can draw pictures, play music, sing songs, move their bodies, write compositions or poems to express their feelings and emotions. However, not everyone can use these methods. There are many people who want to express themselves but cannot to do so because of physical disabilities. In this project, assistive technology including electronics, mechanics, and computer programming is applied to help those people to express themselves, and moreover, to provide an opportunity to be an artist.

Ramps is a wheelchair to computer interface that uses existing chair mobility skills with interactive software that encourages creativity and play. The physical product of Ramps is a pair of rollers on top of slight ramps, the direction and speed of each wheel on a manual chair can be detected and transmitted to the computer. The first application made for Ramps was a Wheelchair DJ system that let the user be the MC and listen, sample and share music. The left wheel fades between tracks while the right wheel scratches the current track. Another applications include simple video games were that created to promote wheelchair skills and give the experience to those who do not use them. The design was not inspired by rehabilitation but for promoting the lifestyle of wheelchairs users, while rehabilitation is still a valid application, self expression and creativity is the driving force of Ramps.