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Spoon stabilization

Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
edited 2014-01-01 14:48 in General Discussion
This is one of the finest applications of technology I've ever seen:

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For Parkinson's sufferers, this has got to be a godsend!

-Phil

Comments

  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2013-12-31 19:19
    Fantastic! Just mechanical damping, I presume?
  • ZootZoot Posts: 2,227
    edited 2013-12-31 20:17
    No, it has electronics.

    http://www.liftlabsdesign.com/
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  • Cluso99Cluso99 Posts: 18,069
    edited 2013-12-31 23:42
    Now, this is what technology is all about!
  • Peter KG6LSEPeter KG6LSE Posts: 1,383
    edited 2014-01-01 01:18
    Ok Folks fess up .who took my canon IS Lens apart for this ? ;)


    In all fareness . This is the same tech idea of a IS lens , Cool! Use !
  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2014-01-01 03:29
    I'd be interested to see the same principles applied to chopsticks. It has been almost 20 years since I last used a fork, knife, or spoon on any regular basis.

    Just for FYI, Chinese do also use spoons and that seems really the best solution for Parkinson.. better than fork, knife, or chopsticks. (The Japanese are the ones that don't use spoons.) But it would be interesting to consider the adaptations to various impliments.
  • RS_JimRS_Jim Posts: 1,766
    edited 2014-01-01 05:02
    My dad had Parkinson's when he died 25 years ago, I am sure he would have loved it.
    Jim
  • dmagnusdmagnus Posts: 271
    edited 2014-01-01 09:36
    Great find! I forwarded the website to my brother in law, who has Parkinson's.
  • jazzedjazzed Posts: 11,803
    edited 2014-01-01 09:45
    Loopy Byteloose wrote: »
    The Japanese are the ones that don't use spoons.
    Spoons were available everywhere I went for 6 months in northern Japan.

    Spoons are not at all necessary though because soup is more of a dessert to be sipped in Japan.

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    I prefer chopsticks for most food: even rice. Chopsticks are especially useful for slippery spaghetti noodles :)

    Nice find Phil.
  • RickBRickB Posts: 395
    edited 2014-01-01 12:51
    Who will be the first to make a slip/clip-on device for a soldering iron to assist soldering surface mt devices?
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2014-01-01 13:02
    RickB wrote:
    Who will be the first to make a slip/clip-on device for a soldering iron to assist soldering surface mt devices?
    I was thinking the same thing! Or just for the tweezers used to position them in the solder paste.

    -Phil
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2014-01-01 13:44
    The spoon stabilizer is a brilliant idea. Hope it works well in practice.

    Wonder if it works for beer glasses...:)
  • Cluso99Cluso99 Posts: 18,069
    edited 2014-01-01 14:48
    Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) wrote: »
    I was thinking the same thing! Or just for the tweezers used to position them in the solder paste.

    -Phil
    Yes, I definitely need one of those too ;)
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