One of the small, but deeply felt, frustrations in my life is the inability to use chopsticks easily. I've worked at it—
but it's not as easy or as successful as I want it to be. Here's word that a solution may not be too far off (Sounds like it might require a trip to Japan, though)—One man's mission to design better chopsticks for the disabled. There are some beautiful images of custom chopsticks at the Fast Company site.