MIT class project turns into an FDA-cleared treatment for tremors

Encora Therapeutics, which developed a wrist-based device that reduces essential tremor, started as a project in MIT’s famous product-design class, 2.009 (Product Engineering Processes).

eurodyne 25 points 2 days ago

I’d really like to try this. I have tremors that can sometimes get out of control.

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harrys_balzac 6 points 2 days ago

Exactly. Mine were caused by a medication side-effect and improved after stopping but they can still be a problem.

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moldy_rice 5 points 2 days ago

Fucking NC licenses kill its possibility for helping lots of people :'(

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LongLive 4 points 2 days ago

?Non-commercial license makes it difficult? why?

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moldy_rice 5 points 2 days ago

Because if it were CC BY-SA, companies could sell it and then use the income to make improvements to it.

And because of the SA part, any improvements they put into it will necessarily be made public, benefiting all.

But if it's NC, nobody can actually make it and sell it. Hardware isn't free to make, so that means nobody will ever be able to walk into a store and buy one of these.

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kbobabob 1 point 2 days ago

Anyone know why they keep using 2.009 for the year 2009? It's this an AI article?

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Bonesince1997 12 points 2 days ago

That might be the course number.

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kbobabob 2 points 2 days ago

Well, it's pretty confusing. Seems I'm not the only one that doesn't know what it is.

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PumaStoleMyBluff 3 points 2 days ago

It's definitely a poor choice for a public news release, but I assume it was written by a student who's familiar with colloquial terms who assumed their audience was other students and recent grads.

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frongt 1 point 2 days ago

They're not

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ObtuseDoorFrame 0 points 2 days ago

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