Liftware

Liftware is a brand name for a spoon designed to counteract the tremor associated with medical conditions such as Parkinson's disease[1] or essential tremors. The company which designed the projects, Lift Labs, was founded by Anupam Pathak.[2]

The device works by detecting tremors with an accelerometer then responding to them with an actuator.[3] The product first became available in December 2013.[4]

Lift Labs was acquired by Google in September 2014 for integration into then life sciences division of Google X.[5] and Pathak became a senior hardware engineer for the division.[2]

Google launched its version of the spoon in November 2014, priced at $ US 295.[2]

Reference

  1. ↑ Neckar, Elisa (15 April 2014). "A Steady Spoon for a Shaky Hand". discovermagazine.com. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 Rushe, Dominic (2014-11-25). "Google launches 'smart' spoon to help steady shaking hands". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  3. ↑ Gruneisen, T.A. (26 August 2013). "A New Spoon for Shaky Eaters". wired.com. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  4. ↑ Jaffe, Ina (13 May 2014). "A Spoon That Shakes To Counteract Hand Tremors". npr.org. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  5. ↑ Dougherty, Conor (10 September 2014). "Google Buys Lift Labs in Further Biotech Push - NYTimes.com". bits.blogs.nytimes.com. Retrieved 13 September 2014.

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