Dopa Solution, a group of Royal College of Art and Imperial College London students, has developed a special pen that can smooth out the handwriting of Parkinson’s patients. Within the plastic housing there are high frequency vibrational motors that help with writing by “stimulating the key muscles in the hand as well as reducing the effort required to move the pen across the paper,” according to Dopa.

The idea is similar to the Liftware Spoon that helps people with Parkinson’s and essential tremors to eat on their own without making a mess. The new ARC pen actually addresses micrographia, the tendency to write with ever smaller letters due to fingers and hands cramping up. The pen was tested with fourteen people who have micrographia, with the results showing an overall handwriting improvement of 86%. Here’s a video of the pen and how it’s already improving people’s lives:

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