Microsoft's Emma Watch is a game-changer for people with Parkinson's
 

Microsoft's Emma Watch is a game-changer for people with Parkinson's
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Smartwatches may **t be as hot 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.*

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