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1 .This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Larry Greenemeier. Got a minute?
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2 .Parkinson's disease causes tremors or stiffness that can turn everyday tasks such as eating, brushing teeth or writing into frustrating chores.
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3 .A few years ago a company called Liftware developed forks and spoons that respond to shaking by steadying the utensil, making it easier enjoy a meal.
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4 .Now researchers at Imperial College and the Royal College of Art in London are developing a device called the ARC pen that vibrates to stimulate muscles in the hand.
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5 .The vibrations could help Parkinson's patients' handwriting, in part by counteracting what's known as micrographia, which causes writing to be small and barely legible.
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6 .Micrographia is often an early sign of Parkinson's and afflicts about five percent of patients.
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7 .The researchers, who formed a company called Dopa Solution, have not published results,
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8 .but they say that 12 out of the 14 Parkinson's sufferers testing their vibrating prototype ARC pen were able to write larger, clearer characters than they could with a normal pen.
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9 .Dopa hopes to also develop tools, brushes and even computer mice that work like their pen.
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10 .Not a cure, of course, but certainly a way to help users have a more satisfying life.
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11 .Thanks for the minute, for Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Larry Greenemeier.
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