Google Liftware: Google isn't just investing money in big projects, it's also investing in humble spoons. But these spoons (no, we're not calling them spoogles) are more than just basic utensils: Using hundreds of algorithms, they'll allow people with conditions like Parkinson's to enjoy their food without spilling it. 
This technology senses how a hand is swinging and enables instant adjustments to the utensil to stay balanced. In clinical trials, Liftware spoons showed reduced spoon shaking by an average of 76 percent.
“We want to help people in their daily lives and hope to understand the disease better in the long term,” said Google spokeswoman Katelin Jabbari.
“It’s like a novel,” said neurologist Dr. Jill Ostrem, who specializes in movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease and works at UC San Francisco Medical Center.
She also helped with the project, advising the inventors and testing the device, discovering that it offered several benefits to some of her patients.
“I have some patients who couldn’t eat on their own, they needed someone to feed them. Now they can eat on their own,” he said. “It doesn’t cure the disease but it’s a very positive change.”
