Experimental Anti-Hand Tremor Cups (axis series: 2 designs)

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Edit 7-24-2016 So I'Ve Gotten A Lot Of Emails Over The Last Two Years From People Who Suffer From Hand Tremors Or Know Close Friends/Family That Do And Would Like To See Updates For This Design. I Have News... Sorta, In An Engineering Course I Worked With A Group Of Several Students To Improve This Design And Make It Manufacturable. The Improved Design Is More Stable From A Physics Standpoint But Doesn'T Use Any 3D Printed Parts. I Am Working To Adapt The Design To A Printable Form Factor And Publish It Online For All To Use. So These Were Created For A Science Fair Project I Did With The Objective To Try To Develop Several Different Types Of Drinking Cups For People With Parkinsons Or Suffer From A Severe Intention Tremor. My Grandfather, Who Has A Severe Intention Tremor, Burned Himself Trying To Drink Coffee One Day And Thats What Inspired Me To Create These Cups. I Only Had My Printer For A Month Before The Fair, So I Did Not Get To Develop These As Much As I Had Hoped To. In A Later Version There May Be Orientation Locks, Turning Limits (So You Can Actually Drink From It), And More Standardized Weights. Heres The Catch, If I Hear That Any One Of You Makermen And Women Think That This Is A Great Idea, And Say So In The Comments, Then I Will Complete My Designs For These Cups More Proactively. In The Axis Series I Have Developed Two Designs Which, Like The Double Gimbaled Root Beer Holder By Ericyoung (See Remixed), Use A Twisting Handle On A Frame That Pivots On An Axis That Goes Thru The Cup. Both Designs Are Incomplete. >The First Cup Is A Simple Frame Design With The Central Axis Located Above The Center Of The Cup. 3 Bearings Are Used >The Second Cup Is A Bearing Track Design. This Used 7 Bearings. -The Handle Design Is Based On The "Hand Steady" Cup (Http://Www.Handsteady.Com/) Which Allows A Person To Hold The Apperatus In Several Differnt Ways To Reduce Pottenial Strain And Twisting. When I Finish The Design There Will Be A Turning Limit With Will Allow The Cup To Rotate With The Handle Past A Certain Degree. Alternatively, On Either Design I May Create A Button, Similar To Ericyoung'S Design, That Allows The Cup To Lock Itself Into Place, Except This Will Lock It Into Any Orientation (Particularly For The Bearing Track Design) My Fluid Series: Http://Www.Thingiverse.Com/Thing:277972

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