Computer Controlled Hand and Arm Support Device

This is a pretty cool application of an age old painter's tool adapted to 21st century technology. There would be a demand for this in many tech related fields, I just hope that they can get the prototype to reduce in size a wee bit before going into production.

Provancher will discuss development and testing of the Active Handrest on March 25, during the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' Haptics Symposium in Waltham, Mass. Haptics is to the sense of touch as optics is to the sense of sight."The Active Handrest would benefit surgeons and other medical personnel, artists, machinists, workers performing pick-and-place tasks, or anyone requiring dexterous control of tools," Provancher wrote in a paper prepared for the meeting.A person using the handrest puts their wrist on a support that can slide horizontally in any direction. Their elbow rests on a support attached to the device.