Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Assistive technology for hand tremors

Know someone who is having a hard time eating because of hand tremors? According to an article at NPR, engineer and inventor Anupam Pathak hopes to change that. The Liftware spoon had its beginnings while Pathak was still in grad school but really came to life after he was working at the Army Research Lab to stabilize rifles in combat.

Want to read the article? Please visit:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/05/13/310399325/a-spoon-that-shakes-to-counteract-hand-tremors

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