For many people living with Parkinson's disease, the mere act of chewing and swallowing can be a challenge. One way to deal with this is to blend foods up to minimize the need to chew. But what if ...

It's not easy to eat with shaking hands. In fact, it's next to impossible. Google is changing all that, releasing a smart spoon that reduces shakes to allow people with hand tremors eat independently.

His hand began trembling for no apparent reason, two years ago. He first noticed it when he tried to pull a spoon from a bowl of soup. By the time the spoon reached his mouth, there was no broth left ...

Google (GOOG +1.99%) (GOOGL +1.71%) recently acquired Lift Labs, a company that develops "smart utensils" for Parkinson's patients. Lift Labs' Liftware system cancels minor hand tremors to make it ...

Google is throwing its money, brain power and technology at the humble spoon. But these spoons (don't call them spoogles) are a bit more than your basic utensil: Using hundreds of algorithms, they ...

Like the Smart Lid (still in licensing talks and yet to reach the market, apparently), this color-changing spoon reacts to different temperatures, great for prevent scorched tongues in child and adult ...

Something as simple as eating a bowl of soup can be an ordeal for someone with Parkinson's disease, a degenerative illness that causes muscle tremors. Yet in the past few years, technology companies ...

Google has acquired Lift Labs, which makes a mechanical spoon for people suffering from tremors, in a move giving Google new technology for combating neurodegenerative diseases. San Francisco-based ...

For many people living with Parkinson's disease, the mere act of chewing and swallowing can be a challenge. One way to deal with this is to blend foods up to minimize the need to chew. But what if ...

Google recently acquired Lift Labs, a company that develops "smart utensils" for Parkinson's patients. Lift Labs' Liftware system cancels minor hand tremors to make it easier for patients to eat. Lift ...