The company which designed the projects, Lift Labs, was founded by Anupam Pathak, a University of Michigan Ph.D.

[2] The device works by detecting tremors with an accelerometer then responding to them with an actuator.

[4] Lift Labs (which made the Liftware spoon) was acquired by Google in September 2014 for integration into then life sciences division of Google X.

[5] Anupam Pathak became the technical lead for the division.

[2] Google launched its version of the spoon in November 2014, priced at $195.