Human Augmentation And AI

Elias was having a coffee with his grandmother when her hand tremor flared and she spilled piping-hot
coffee, scalding her hand. This unfortunate incident inspired Elias, a structural engineer, and his aunt, who’s a doctor, to come up with a way to help people suffering from tremors. “With an engineering background, a common habit is to tinker with different concepts. From that moment, we began experimenting with weights, non-Newtonian fluid dampers, conventional tuned mass dampers and powered actuators. Nothing came close to the magnetic stabilizers we use today in terms of efficacy and simplicity,” he explains. 

The Steadi-One, the company’s first product, sold out last year, and the Steadi-Two is currently in the pre-order phase. “The Steadi-One is the first-generation device that Steadiwear released. A first batch of units was produced and rolled out to early adopters,” says Elias. “It performed well, with significant tremor reduction and improvement in daily activities. However, invaluable feedback was gathered from those early adopters regarding form factor and function. All the feedback was incorporated into our second generation, the Steadi-Two. Its size was significantly reduced, and its function significantly improved to better meet user requirements,” he says. “The feedback for the Steadi-Two has been incredible and we couldn’t be more excited for its widescale release.”

Elias says the technology used for the Steadi-Two was inspired by engineering techniques used to keep buildings stable during earthquakes. “It is comprised of a disk, controlled by magnets, that move in the opposite direction of tremor to create and equal and opposite force, reducing tremor amplitude. The Steadi-Two will allow individuals with tremors to go about their daily activities with significantly less frustration.” The product will officially launch in April 2022. It can be used interchangeably on either the left or right hand, it weighs under one
pound, it’s machine-washable, battery-free, it’s non-intrusive and it offers significant tremor reduction — an 80 percent reduction of tremor amplitude in lab testing.

The team behind this life-changing technology are all about innovation. “Our team consists of talented and passionate engineers, scientists and entrepreneurs. A sense of compassion has united us and fuelled our resolve to build the best tremor-proof device in the world and to provide tremor sufferers with the solution they deserve,” he says. “Drive and determination to innovate is at the core of our operation.”

When it comes to what’s on the horizon, Elias says the company’s full focus is on raising awareness for and the production and clinical testing of the Steadi-Two, but there will certainly be other products coming in the pipeline in the future.