Vietnamese students create 'magic spoon' for those with Parkinson's


Đặng Hải Ninh (left) and Nguyễn Đức Kiên, (second from right) won first prize at the Hackathon 2019, an annual science and technology competition for students from Southeast Asian countries. — VN/ANN/

HANOI (Vietnam News/ANN): Drawing on their passion for technology and programming, two students from Vietnam National University have succeeded in creating a ‘Magic Spoon’ which can help people with tremors or Parkinson’s disease.

Đặng Hải Ninh, 21, and Nguyễn Đức Kiên, 20, from the University of Engineering and Technology (UET), incorporated engineering, Internet of Things, data analysis and machine learning in their special utensil.

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