Liftware facts for kids
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| Founded | January 1, 2010 |
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| Founder | Anupam Pathak |
| Headquarters |
San Francisco, CA, US
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| Products | Liftware |
| Owner | Google (2014–2015) Alphabet Inc. (2015–present) |
| Parent | Google (2014–2015) Verily Life Sciences (2015–present) |
Liftware is a special kind of spoon designed to help people who have shaky hands. These shaky hands are called tremors. Tremors can be caused by health conditions like Parkinson's disease or essential tremors.
The company that created Liftware is called Lift Labs. It was started by a smart person named Anupam Pathak. He was a student at the University of Michigan when he came up with the idea.
How Does Liftware Work?
Imagine a spoon that can tell when your hand is shaking. That's how Liftware works!
- It has tiny sensors inside called an accelerometer. These sensors detect the small movements of a tremor.
- Then, the spoon uses a small motor, called an actuator, to move in the opposite direction of the shake.
- This helps to keep the spoon steady, so the food stays on it and doesn't spill.
The first Liftware spoon became available to buy in December 2013.
Liftware and Google
In September 2014, a big company called Google bought Lift Labs, the company that made the Liftware spoon. Google wanted to add Liftware to its special "life sciences" team, which works on health-related projects.
Anupam Pathak, the founder of Lift Labs, became a leader in this Google team. Google started selling its own version of the Liftware spoon in November 2014. It cost about $195.
Later, in 2015, Liftware became part of Verily Life Sciences. Verily is a company under Alphabet Inc., which is the main company that owns Google.
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