MYO Gesture Control Armband: Jedi Armband

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The MYO can control a variety of devices Photo: Thalmic Labs Coming hot on the heels of the Google Glasses, a company in Canada has developed a new device to control electronics that users can wear on their arm. The MYO band goes around your arm and uses Get ready to unleash your inner Jedi. Today, hardware startup Thalmic introduced an armband that wirelessly controls your Our hands have evolved over millions of years to have incredible control and manipulate things. Now we are connecting natural CNN -- The power to move objects with your mind, or a gesture is something we've seen in the worlds of fantasy - or the Jedi universe of Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader. But here in reality, it's coming one step closer. CNN -- The power to move objects with Lisa Eadicicco A Thalmic team member wearing the Myo After my colleague Dave Smith learned about the Myo armband over the summer, he described it as a gadget that makes you feel like a Jedi. A nd after trying it, I'd have to agree. I've tried tons of It's like harnessing the Force: A new armband uses the electrical activity in your muscles to let you wirelessly control digital devices. Called the Myo, the armband was developed by Canadian startup, Thalmic Labs. Sensing the wearer's muscle movements and Now posted on the Thalmic Labs YouTube page, a promotional video shows the MYO wearable gesture control armband in full use. The device gives the user Jedi-like control over a computer, a video game, a flying toy UFO, an office presentation, even a remote .

The Myo team suggests using the armband to "unleash your inner Jedi," an enormously appealing idea. It could potentially be used to not only control your computer, but also to fly quadrocopters, interface with iOS and Android, and play video games. In a move sure to blur the line between people and devices, a technology startup has developed an armband that reads the electrical activity Unleash your inner Jedi. In an interview with Wired, Lake said: “If you think about your daily life, you The MYO armband is a device that you wear (where else?) on your arm. What’s cool about it, as opposed to something like a Wiimote or even the Kinect, is that the MYO allows you to control things a number of different ways. Not only does the MYO have (Toronto’s David Ciccarelli, of voices.com, scored his Google Glass that way.) Thalmic’s Jedi-like armband, still available for pre-order for shipping later this year, has generated a massive amount of buzz for the company, who have recently moved out .