In this photo taken Friday, Nov. 21, 2014, Anupam Pathak, a senior hardware engineer at Google, shows off the prototype of the Liftware Spoon he developed that helps people eat without spilling in Mountain View, Calif. Just in time for the holidays, Google is throwing its money, brain power and technology at the humble spoon. Not surprisingly, the company that has brought the driverless car and Internet glasses is bringing a unique improvement to the utensils. Built with hundreds of algorithms, these specially designed spoons make it much easier for people with tremors and Parkinsons Disease to eat without spilling. The spoons sense a shaking hand and make instant adjustments to stay balanced. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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Una empresa del gigante tecnológico Google ha desarrollado una “cuchara inteligente” para ayudar a las personas que sufren temblores asociados a la enfermedad de Parkinson, según un comunicado.
“Queremos ayudar a la gente en su vida cotidiana y esperamos aumentar la comprensión sobre la enfermedad a largo plazo”, explicó en un comunicado Katelin Jabbari, portavoz de la compañía californiana.
Google adquirió recientemente la empresa Lift Lab, encargada del desarrollo de la “cuchara inteligente”.
In this photo taken Friday, Nov. 21, 2014, is the Liftware Spoon, that helps people with eat without spilling, in its packaging at Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Just in time for the holidays, Google is throwing its money, brain power and technology at the humble spoon. Not surprisingly, the company that has brought the driverless car and Internet glasses is bringing a unique improvement to the utensils. Built with hundreds of algorithms, these specially designed spoons make it much easier for people with tremors and Parkinsons Disease to eat without spilling. The spoons sense a shaking hand and make instant adjustments to stay balanced. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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La tecnología empleada en el diseño de la cuchara detecta cuando la mano está temblando y hace ajustes instantáneos para mantener el equilibrio y reducir esos temblores hasta en un 76 %, según lo observado en los ensayos clínicos.
Se calcula que más de 10 millones de personas en todo el mundo viven con temblores asociados al Parkinson, entre ellas la madre del cofundador de Google, Sergey Brin.
El Parkinson es la segunda enfermedad neuro-degenerativa más frecuente tras el Alzheimer y se caracteriza por la pérdida progresiva de neuronas que producen dopamina en una región del cerebro.
In this photo taken Friday, Nov. 21, 2014, Anupam Pathak, a senior hardware engineer at Google, shows off the prototype of the Liftware Spoon he developed that helps people eat without spilling in Mountain View, Calif. Just in time for the holidays, Google is throwing its money, brain power and technology at the humble spoon. Not surprisingly, the company that has brought the driverless car and Internet glasses is bringing a unique improvement to the utensils. Built with hundreds of algorithms, these specially designed spoons make it much easier for people with tremors and Parkinsons Disease to eat without spilling. The spoons sense a shaking hand and make instant adjustments to stay balanced. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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Eric Risberg/AP
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La pérdida de dopamina cerebral como consecuencia de la muerte neuronal se traduce en las manifestaciones motores típicas de la enfermedad, como la rigidez muscular, los temblores y la lentitud en los movimientos.
