Google spoon offers steady hand for Parkinson’s sufferers

Google has launched a spoon to allow people with tremors and Parkinson’s disease to eat without spilling.

Using hundreds of algorithms, the technology senses how a hand is shaking and makes instant adjustments to stay balanced. In clinical trials, the Liftware spoons reduced shaking of the spoon bowl by an average of 76%.

“We want to help people in their daily lives today and hopefully increase understanding of disease in the long run,” Google spokeswoman Katelin Jabbari said. Other adaptive devices have been developed to help people with tremors — rocker knives, weighted utensils, pen grips. But until now experts say technology has not been used in this way.