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Self-Stabilizing Spoon for Parkinson's sufferers

One day I saw people suffering Parkinson’s disease on TV and felt bad for them. I googled if there was a decent solution for them and found a decent self-stabilizing spoon made for them. However, I wanted to try it out by myself with Curie Nano so that I can maybe find some things to improve while making it. I thought DIY self-stabilizing spoon can be the first step to improve already existing product to be cheaper, customizable (some patients may not even have fingers!) and durable. I’m NOT trying to copy or steal the idea by making this. (It’s a disclaimer as I’m submitting this for Arduino 101 contest.) However, the prototype I’ve made is not perfect. The input values don’t get smoothly processed to motor, making a clumsy move. I might get smoothed out if I used better algorithm but that’s out of my reach for now. But it is still satisfactory to see it in action. Now let’s briefly see how we can make this. The platform used in the above picture is Curie Nano, which is a recently released new chip from Intel.”

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