A prototype watch, raising hope for Parkinson’s
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A prototype watch, raising hope for Parkinson’s
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Re: A prototype watch, raising hope for Parkinson’s
#2Woah. Nice one, Microsoft. That's amazing.
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#3That's incredible. The side by side comparison was so stark. I wonder what the physiology behind this is.
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#4I don't know. Is this normal to cry when you see something like this.
Or I have to go to psychiatrist especially considering I have symptoms of BPD.
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#5Can anyone with a medical background chime in with some simple theory about why pulsed vibrations are so effective?
This is incredibly exciting work.
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#6The BBC documentary "The Big Life Fix" is available here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkjdHzlT_jI
It's worth watching, it's very emotional watching her try and write with the watch on for the first time.
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#7Really fantastic story. Reminds of those times when engineers have a really profound effect on the lives of certain people -- like development of the cochlear implants that help the deaf hear.
The next thing I expect along these lines is 3-D printing of human organs.
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#8I don't know. Is this normal to cry when you see something like this. Or I have to go to psychiatrist especially considering I have symptoms of BPD.
> I don't know. Is this normal to cry when you see something like this.
I did :)
Re: A prototype watch, raising hope for Parkinson’s
#9This is why we need scientists. To make people's lives better.
Re: A prototype watch, raising hope for Parkinson’s
#10So is this what a PR submarine [1] looks like? I remembered that I had read such a story before and found that Emma could also write again in March 2017 [2], December 2016 [3], November 2016 [4] and probably other months between now and then.
[1] http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html [2] https://theassistiveblog.areavoices.com/2017/03/30/emma-a-we... [3] https://mspoweruser.com/microsoft-researcher-creates-wearabl... [4] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3979182/Engineer-c...