Google is buying a company that makes high-tech spoons designed to make it easier for people with neurodegenerative tremors to eat.
Lift Labs will be integrated into Google's Life Sciences division, and is the latest addition to its biotech portfolio.
The company's Liftware device is a vibrating spoon that accounts for tremors to make it easier to eat.
Lift Labs' founder and a number of employees will join Google and work from the company's Mountain View headquarters.
Google has not revealed how much it paid for the company.
The Liftware costs $295 (£181) and remains on sale, while Google's purchase will help it to expand.
Google said in a statement: "Their tremor-cancelling device could improve quality of life for millions of people.
"We're also going to explore how their technology could be used in other ways to improve the understanding and management of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor."
The mother of Google's co-founder Sergey Brin suffers from Parkinson's disease.
Mr Brin has said in the past that as a result, he has a higher than normal chance of developing the condition in the future.
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