<s>
Liftware	B-Application
is	O
a	O
brand	O
name	O
for	O
a	O
spoon	B-Application
designed	O
to	O
counteract	O
the	O
tremor	B-Application
associated	O
with	O
medical	O
conditions	O
such	O
as	O
Parkinson	O
's	O
disease	O
or	O
essential	O
tremors	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
which	O
designed	O
the	O
projects	O
,	O
Lift	B-Application
Labs	I-Application
,	O
was	O
founded	O
by	O
Anupam	B-Application
Pathak	I-Application
,	O
a	O
University	O
of	O
Michigan	O
Ph.D.	O
student	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
device	O
works	O
by	O
detecting	O
tremors	B-Application
with	O
an	O
accelerometer	O
then	O
responding	O
to	O
them	O
with	O
an	O
actuator	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lift	B-Application
Labs	I-Application
(	O
which	O
made	O
the	O
Liftware	B-Application
spoon	I-Application
)	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
in	O
September	O
2014	O
for	O
integration	O
into	O
then	O
life	B-Application
sciences	I-Application
division	I-Application
of	I-Application
Google	I-Application
X	I-Application
.	O
Anupam	B-Application
Pathak	I-Application
became	O
the	O
technical	O
lead	O
for	O
the	O
division	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
launched	O
its	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
spoon	B-Application
in	O
November	O
2014	O
,	O
priced	O
at	O
$195	O
.	O
</s>
