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Tremor-cancelling spoon for Parkinson's tremors

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Re: Tremor-cancelling spoon for Parkinson's tremors

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Post by Kluny »

Rayne wrote: post #31
gfosco wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Lets just be clear... He recommended BRAIN SURGERY rather than a simple "hack" spoon.

Well, so would I. The spoon doesn't cure the symptoms.

I don't know the exact numbers, but I definitely feel like brain surgery carries a much higher risk with it than a new spoon. Some people might prefer not to take that risk, especially in cases of elderly people who may not be strong enough to survive surgery.

Re: Tremor-cancelling spoon for Parkinson's tremors

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Post by Kluny »

logicallee wrote: post #3

Let's entertain the notion, prevalent here, that this idea itself (like all ideas themselves) is worth absolutely nothing, and that any one of the teams in the world who have access to gyroscopes, servos, and microchips, should have the right to reproduce this hack at unit cost and drive these guys out of business. Its cost is listed at $295.00[1] and this is their only product. It's huge compared to what the best fa…

Too smug, did not read.
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