Lifting a spoon to your mouth may seem like a simple, daily act that doesn't take much thought or effort. But it's an out-of-reach luxury for many people with mobility-related disabilities. Now, a new ...

At first glimpse, the Liftware almost seems like a novelty gadget: an electronic spoon stuffed full of smartphone motion sensors and accelerometers. But the problem that the Liftware is trying to ...

Eating with a fork and spoon is something most of us take for granted. For someone with a hand tremor–such as that caused by Parkinson’s Disease, for instance–it can be a difficult or impossible task.

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 ...

While most of us take the lifting of a spoon to our mouth for granted, it can be a major challenge for people with Parkinson's Disease or other neurodegenerative conditions. It was with those people ...

OAKLAND — A comfortable dinner for Tyrone Cobb involves a towel and the floor of his parents’ home. The 40-year-old with cerebral palsy stretches out on his stomach to eat many of his meals. He’s ...

People with physical disabilities face many challenges, such as difficulty eating, something many take for granted. But now Verily Life Sciences, formerly Google Life Sciences, has launched the ...

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.

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Emma Lawton was 29 when she was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, and it changed her life forever. Lawton, a graphic designer by trade, could do nothing as her tremors worsened. Eventually, her ...

"It is embarrassing when you can't keep food on a spoon," he says." Especially if you like soup or salads, you can't keep salad on a fork." But a San Francisco start up believes it's come up with a ...