A Robot Has Just Passed a Classic Self-Awareness Test for the First Time. It thinks, therefore it is. A researcher at Ransselaer Polytechnic Institute in the US has given three Nao robots an updated version of the classic 'wise men puzzle' self-awareness test... and one of them has managed to pass.
Medications used to treat essential tremors include: 1  Beta blockers. 2  Anti-seizure medications. 3  Tranquilizers. Calcium-channel blockers.  Botox injections.
Some of the symptoms of hyperthyroidism (such as tremor and palpitations, which are caused by excess thyroid hormone acting on the cardiac and nervous system) can be improved within a number of hours by medications called beta-blockers (eg, propranolol; Inderal).