Experimental Anti-Hand Tremor Cups (fluid series: 1 design)

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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 A Better Handle, Better Fluid Containment, Less Of A Pressure Difference Upon Pivot, Increased Degrees Of Freedom. 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 Fluid Series I Have Developed A Unique Mug That Is Intended To Use A Non-Newtonian (Shear-Thinning) To Simulate A Slosh Tank (What They Use To Counter Earthquake Vibrations In Tall Buildings) Within A Large Outer Apparatus. As A Result The Inner Cup Pivots In The Opposite Direction To Counter The Effect Of Some Minor Translational And Rotational Oscillations Due To Hand Tremors. My Axis Series: Http://Www.Thingiverse.Com/Thing:277956

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