Google Spoon

I thought Google Glasses were pretty cool and innovative though I've never seen anyone actually wearing or using them. Now Google, via Liftware by Lift Labs, a start-up bought out by and funded by Google, actually, has come up with a spoon that senses how a hand is shaking and makes instant adjustments to stay balanced. The technology uses hundreds of algorithms to allow people with essential tremors and Parkinson's disease to eat without spilling. These spoons are helping these folks improve the quality of their lives by allowing them to self-feed. This may seem like a simple thing to some but in the big picture of movement disorders it is a pretty big thing. It isn't a cure, but rather an adaptive strategy for making something as simple as feeding one’s self, a skill many of us without essential tremors and Parkinson's disease take for granted, possible. The special spoons can be purchased for $295 but for the person regains their eating independence they are priceless.