A prototype watch, raising hope for Parkinson’s

Re:A prototype watch, raising hope for Parkinson’s by jakobegger on Sunday May 21, 2017 @06:19PM (#14389547)

And with all that back story, they didn't even answer the most important question: WHERE DID THE IDEA COME FROM? How did the engineer know to she had to build a vibrating wristband?

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Re:A prototype watch, raising hope for Parkinson’s by dclowd9901 on Sunday May 21, 2017 @10:41PM (#14390623)

Probably from that vibrating spoon idea.

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Re:A prototype watch, raising hope for Parkinson’s by birdman3131 on Monday May 22, 2017 @12:04AM (#14390921)

I was always under the impression that the spoon did not vibrate but instead moved opposite of the direction of the tremors. Kinda like a steadycam for a camera.

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Re:A prototype watch, raising hope for Parkinson’s by jedimastert on Monday May 22, 2017 @12:11AM (#14390941)

The prototype actually was just the mechanism for a camera stablizer, just with spoon attached. Not actually a steady cam though, as those are just passive inertia-based gimbals on springs.

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