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Liftware

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Medical spoon
Lift Labs Inc.
FoundedJanuary 1, 2010; 15 years ago (2010-01-01)
FounderAnupam Pathak
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA, US
ProductsLiftware
OwnerGoogle (2014–2015)
Alphabet Inc. (2015–present)
ParentGoogle (2014–2015)
Verily Life Sciences
(2015–present)
Websiteliftware.com

Liftware is a brand name for aspoon designed to counteract thetremor associated with medical conditions such asParkinson's disease[1] oressential tremors. The company which designed the projects, Lift Labs, was founded by Anupam Pathak, aUniversity of Michigan Ph.D. student.[2]

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

Lift Labs (which made the Liftware spoon) was acquired byGoogle in September 2014 for integration into thenlife sciences division of Google X.[5] Anupam Pathak became the technical lead for the division.[2]

Google launched its version of the spoon in November 2014, priced at $195.[6]

References

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  1. ^Neckar, Elisa (15 April 2014)."A Steady Spoon for a Shaky Hand".discovermagazine.com. Retrieved13 September 2014.
  2. ^abRushe, Dominic (2014-11-25)."Google launches 'smart' spoon to help steady shaking hands".The Guardian. Retrieved25 November 2014.
  3. ^Gruneisen, T.A. (26 August 2013)."A New Spoon for Shaky Eaters".wired.com. Retrieved13 September 2014.
  4. ^Jaffe, Ina (13 May 2014)."A Spoon That Shakes To Counteract Hand Tremors".npr.org. Retrieved13 September 2014.
  5. ^Dougherty, Conor (10 September 2014)."Google Buys Lift Labs in Further Biotech Push - NYTimes.com".bits.blogs.nytimes.com. Retrieved13 September 2014.
  6. ^"Liftware". Retrieved28 February 2016.

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