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“We do not suffer from Parkinson’s, we live with it”
The last in our monthly series profiling WPC2019 bloggers
READ MOREA wearable device designed to shorten the freezing episodes of Parkinson’s patients has won an innovation award.
The wearable monitoring device, designed by a team of three students from the National University of Singapore, came first in the Intel Singapore Invent 50 competition.
The product wirelessly monitors patient’s movements, and when a freezing episode is detected, can help re-initiate normal activity.
The team – nicknamed ‘PD Loggers’ – was selected from a group of 18 finalists by a panel of 14 judges comprising personalities from the education, government and private sectors.
Judges rated the products on a number of criteria including its the social impact and commercial viability.
The last in our monthly series profiling WPC2019 bloggers
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