Liftware

{{Short description|Medical spoon}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Lift Labs Inc.

| logo = Logo liftlabs.png

| founded = {{Start date and age|2010|01|01}}

| founder = Anupam Pathak

| parent = Google (2014–2015)
Verily Life Sciences
(2015–present)

| products = Liftware

| owner = Google (2014–2015)
Alphabet Inc. (2015–present)

| homepage = {{URL|liftware.com}}

| location_city = San Francisco, CA, US

}}

Liftware is a brand name for a spoon designed to counteract the tremor associated with medical conditions such as Parkinson's disease{{cite web |url= http://discovermagazine.com/2014/may/18-a-spoonful-of-sweet-tech |title=A Steady Spoon for a Shaky Hand |first=Elisa |last=Neckar |work=discovermagazine.com |date=15 April 2014 |accessdate=13 September 2014}} or essential tremors. The company which designed the projects, Lift Labs, was founded by Anupam Pathak, a University of Michigan Ph.D. student.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/nov/25/google-launches-smart-spoon-shaking-hands-liftware|title=Google launches 'smart' spoon to help steady shaking hands|last=Rushe|first=Dominic|date=2014-11-25|work=The Guardian|accessdate=25 November 2014}}

The device works by detecting tremors with an accelerometer then responding to them with an actuator.{{cite web |url= https://www.wired.com/2013/08/ap_shakeyspoon/ |title=A New Spoon for Shaky Eaters |first=T.A. |last=Gruneisen |work=wired.com |date=26 August 2013 |accessdate=13 September 2014}} The product first became available in December 2013.{{cite web |url= https://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/05/13/310399325/a-spoon-that-shakes-to-counteract-hand-tremors |title=A Spoon That Shakes To Counteract Hand Tremors |first=Ina |last=Jaffe |work=npr.org |date=13 May 2014 |accessdate=13 September 2014}}

Lift Labs (which made the Liftware spoon) was acquired by Google in September 2014 for integration into then life sciences division of Google X.{{cite web |url= http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/10/google-buys-lift-labs-in-further-biotech-push/?_php=true&_type=blogs&smid=tw-nytimesbits&_r=0 |title=Google Buys Lift Labs in Further Biotech Push - NYTimes.com |first=Conor |last=Dougherty|work=bits.blogs.nytimes.com |date=10 September 2014 |accessdate=13 September 2014}} Anupam Pathak became the technical lead for the division.

Google launched its version of the spoon in November 2014, priced at $195.{{cite web|title=Liftware|url=http://www.liftware.com|accessdate=28 February 2016}}