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05-10-2017, 09:41 PM
Microsoft's Emma Watch is a game-changer for people with Parkinson's
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Smartwatches may **t be as hot (http://mashable.com/2017/04/13/smartwatches-are-so-doomed/) as they used to be, but that doesn't mean wrist-worn wearables are dead altogether.
Far from it, actually. Take the Emma Watch, a wrist wearable created by Microsoft Research In**vation Director Haiyan Zhang that's designed to help reduce the hand tremors people diag**sed with Parkinson's disease suffer from.
With the Emma Watch, Zhang was able to help graphic designer Emma Lawton, who has Parkinson's, write and sketch again.*
SEE ALSO: Microsoft CEO: It's our job to prevent '1984' from coming true (http://mashable.com/2017/05/10/microsoft-ceo-dystopian-future/)
It's this mission to use tech**logy to empower the human condition that is at the heart of everything Microsoft does, CEO Satya Nadella said at this year's Build developers conference. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/05/10/microsoft-emma-watch-helps-woman-with-parkinsons-write-again/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Microsoft (http://mashable.com/category/microsoft/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Emma (http://mashable.com/category/emma/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Parkinson S Disease (http://mashable.com/category/parkinson-s-disease/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Parkinson S (http://mashable.com/category/parkinson-s/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Emma Watch (http://mashable.com/category/emma-watch/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/QuzB8kCBgxg
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Smartwatches may **t be as hot (http://mashable.com/2017/04/13/smartwatches-are-so-doomed/) as they used to be, but that doesn't mean wrist-worn wearables are dead altogether.
Far from it, actually. Take the Emma Watch, a wrist wearable created by Microsoft Research In**vation Director Haiyan Zhang that's designed to help reduce the hand tremors people diag**sed with Parkinson's disease suffer from.
With the Emma Watch, Zhang was able to help graphic designer Emma Lawton, who has Parkinson's, write and sketch again.*
SEE ALSO: Microsoft CEO: It's our job to prevent '1984' from coming true (http://mashable.com/2017/05/10/microsoft-ceo-dystopian-future/)
It's this mission to use tech**logy to empower the human condition that is at the heart of everything Microsoft does, CEO Satya Nadella said at this year's Build developers conference. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/05/10/microsoft-emma-watch-helps-woman-with-parkinsons-write-again/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Microsoft (http://mashable.com/category/microsoft/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Emma (http://mashable.com/category/emma/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Parkinson S Disease (http://mashable.com/category/parkinson-s-disease/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Parkinson S (http://mashable.com/category/parkinson-s/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Emma Watch (http://mashable.com/category/emma-watch/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/QuzB8kCBgxg