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Dopa Solution’s ARC is the first pen specifically designed for people with Parkinson’s living with Micrographic. This condition can result in cramped, uncomfortable handwriting causing patients to give up on writing or drawing altogether. The pen features a high-frequency vibration motor that stimulates muscles in the hand while also reducing the effort required to move the pen across the paper. Trials with 14 people have demonstrated an improvement in writing of 86%!
Designers: Lucy Jung, Hwan Soo Jeon, Tian-jia Hsieh, Danny Walklin
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People with Parkinson’s often have a difficult time feeding themselves due to the tremors associated with the disease. In most cases, someone else has to feed them because it might cause injury or result in a mess. However, this might all soon change thanks to Lift Labs’ innovator Liftware Spoon that automatically tracks and compensates for shaking motions and tremors.
The spoon is equipped with sensors that have a high degree of sensitivity, so they can detect even the slightest tremor that’s made. It then moves in the other direction to cancel that tremor out. During testing, the Liftware was found to cancel out over 70 percent of these tremors, which is enough to allow those with Parkinson’s to feed themselves once more.
The Liftware Spoon will be available next month at $300. It will come with a free app that keeps track of the detected tremors, which will allow those with Parkinson’s or other conditions to monitor their symptoms over time.
[ Product Page ] VIA [ Gizmodo ]