High-tech handrest gives surgeons, machinists and artists a steady hand
A prototype of the Active Handrest is shown here with a person using it to manipulate a stylus for writing or drawing (Image: The University of Utah)
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Keeping a steady hand is vitally important for many professions where the use of a static or purely mechanical handrest just isn’t practical or possible. A new computer-controlled, motorized hand and arm support will let doctors, artists, machinists and others precisely control scalpels, brushes and tools over a wider area than otherwise possible, and with less fatigue.
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