Apple CEO Tim Cook has praised an Indian student's AI app that helps people with hand tremors create art and write again. The app, called Steady Hands, was created by 20-year-old Gayatri Goundadkar, a third-year computer science student at Maharashtra Institute of Technology World Peace University.
Goundadkar's grandmother was diagnosed with essential hand tremors, a neurological disorder that causes involuntary shaking, and couldn't create art anymore. This inspired Goundadkar to create an app that uses AI to calculate and compensate for tremors when drawing or writing.
The app uses Apple's developer-focused frameworks, including SceneKit and RealityKit, and was created using Swift. It can detect tremor intensity and frequency, creating a personalized tremor profile for each user.
Goundadkar's app was one of the winners of Apple's Swift Student Challenge, which highlights the use of artificial intelligence for accessibility use cases. Cook praised Goundadkar's app, saying it's a beautiful example of how technology can empower creativity and make art more accessible for everyone.
