Far from all the innovations dedicated to gaming, TV or work, GyroGear announced the GyroGlove, a stabilizing glove designed for people suffering from Parkinson’s disease.
Thanks to so-called cutting-edge technology, aided by a gyroscope, the GyroGlove is able to largely counter the tremors caused by the disease. The goal: to allow impacted people to regain mobility.
A gyroscope to help with tremors
If CES 2024 allows you to discover all the innovations dedicated to entertainment, that is not the only objective of the Las Vegas show. On the health side, the company GyroGear managed to get noticed after unveiling its stabilizing glove, the GyroGlove.
At first glance, we might think that “stabilizing gloves” would be used for video, like a camera stabilizer would be. But that is not at all the objective of GyroGear. The brand’s gloves have been designed to reduce hand tremors and are primarily intended for people suffering from Parkinson’s disease.
By partnering with the company Foxconn (Taiwanese industrial group specializing in electronics), the CEO and founder of GyroGear, Dr. Faii Ong, believes that his teams have created the most advanced “manual stabilizer” in the world. The main part of the gloves is no bigger than a hockey puck, contains a gyroscope, is positioned on the top of the hand and rotates, again according to Dr. Ong, faster than a motor turbine. reaction.
A product capable of changing lives
Currently, several people are already using GyroGloves. This is for example the case of Roberta Wilson-Garrett, who has been using the glove for several days already. The latter declares that GyroGear technology allows her to carry out harmless activities, but which have become impossible with her illness. Button a shirt, hold a cup, write a few words on a piece of paper; in short, simple things in life that no one wants to no longer know how to do.
For now, the GyroGlove is neither magical nor 100% effective on tremors caused by Parkinson’s disease. For example, it will not yet be possible for those affected to write a long letter with any precision, the aim for the moment being to relieve more than to eliminate the tremors. Likewise, the technology embedded in the glove is still particularly noisy and does not have infinite autonomy; the battery can last up to 4 hours continuously.
The glove currently retails for $5,899 and is available in six versions: right hand, left hand, with three sizes for each hand.
Source : The Next Hint
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