Shaky Hand, Stable Spoon: Device Helps Essential Tremor
From: Wireless Design & Development - 02/28/2014

For people whose hands shake uncontrollably due to a medical condition, just
eating can be a frustrating and embarrassing ordeal – enough to keep them
from sharing a meal with others.

But a small new study conducted at the University of Michigan Health System
suggests that a new handheld electronic device can help such patients
overcome the hand shakes caused by essential tremor, the most common movement
disorder.

In a clinical trial involving 15 adults with moderate essential tremor, the
device improved patients' ability to hold a spoon still enough to eat with
it, and to use it to scoop up mock food and bring it to their mouths.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.wirelessdesignmag.com/news/2014/02/shaky-hand-stable-spoon-device-helps-essential-tremor

Links:
Shaky hand, stable spoon: U-M study shows device helps essential tremor patients (with video 0:49)
http://www.uofmhealth.org/news/archive/201402/shaky-hand-stable-spoon-u-m-study-shows-device-helps

Lift Labs (with videos 0:49, 0:48, 2:33)
http://www.liftlabsdesign.com/

A Steady Spoon for a Shaky Hand
http://discovermagazine.com/2014/may/18-a-spoonful-of-sweet-tech