CES 2024: Life changer! High tech GyroGlove stymies Parkinson's disease tremors
Roberta Wilson-Garrett looked at the glove keeping her right hand steady and smiled. At bay for the moment were tremors caused by Parkinson's disease affecting her muscle control. She could do things others take for granted, like write crisply with a pen or hold a cup of coffee without spilling. The reprieve shared by the Canadian woman at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2024) in Las Vegas came thanks to a GyroGlove.
"It's a life changer for me," said Wilson-Garrett, describing how GyroGlove stopped tremors that make seemingly simple tasks like getting dressed a challenge.
GyroGear has built the world's most advanced hand stabilizer, with strategic partners that include Chinese technology group Foxconn, according to founder Dr. Faii Ong.
The key to GyroGlove is an attached gyroscope about the size of a hockey puck but with a disk inside that spins faster than a jet engine turbine, according to Ong.
"That glove is made in the same factory that makes your MacBook Pros," Ong said, referring to Foxconn being a supplier for Silicon Valley superstar Apple.
The plan is to miniaturize the gyroscope with future iterations of the glove.
"We want to bring the focus away from the disease and back onto the fact that this is human life we are talking about," Ong said.
"That is what tech should do; it's more important to focus back on ourselves as people and to understand how we can actually make people's lives better."
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Massachusetts-based GyroGear was one of an array of companies at CES seeking to use tech to improve life for people with infirmities or disabilities
Startups like Glidance and stalwarts like Amazon were among companies packed into a section of the Venetian hotel and casino displaying
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