MYO Gesture Control Armband: Myo Gesture Control Band

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Myo, a wireless, gesture-control armband that earned tens of thousands of preorders Myo emerged from that research – it’s a band worn on the forearm that lets the user control everything from slide presentations to DJ software on their computer I expected “gesture control” to be immediately intuitive. But as I slip on the MYO—a flexible band that fits around my forearm—a cursor on a laptop in front of me begins somersaulting wildly across the screen, tracking my erratic arm movements. Waterloo-based Thalmic Labs has revealed the final design for its gesture control device, the Myo armband. The state-of-the-art industrial design is a thin, expandable band, which is nearly half the thickness of the Myo Alpha units that were given to Wearable tech is getting even more creative. If smartwatches or glasses aren't your thing, how about a wrist band that can control your computer, smartphone apps, or video game console? That's what the MYO wristband does. It measures electrical activity in The band is called MYO. The electrodes in the device pick up on electrical Leap Motion’s controller is perhaps the most well-known gesture-control gadget out there right now. This small rectangular device lets users control their computer “in Now there's a gesture control device in your forearm. The Myo, built by Canadian start-up firm Thalmic Labs based in Kitchener, Ontario, aims to bring gestural interfaces into the mainstream. Electrodes embedded in the armband detect activity in .

Playtabase’s gesture control band is tackling this market head on based on the co First Round Capital and Intel Labs as well as at least 21 private investors. The Myo senses the electrical activity from your muscles to control Bluetooth connected In a demo of the MYO armband, Lake shows how moving his fingers creates electric activity that the armband senses. Motion sensors in the band also detect when he word about their take on solving the gesture control problem. Designed with an API that allows third party programmers to try their hand at making the MYO arm band interact with their own technologies, users will be able to wirelessly control phones it even looks like the gesture is recognized before your WATERLOO, ON--(Marketwired - Jun 10, 2014) - Thalmic Labs today reveals the final design for its gesture control device, the Myo armband. The state-of-the-art industrial design is a thin, expandable band, which is nearly half the thickness of the Myo Alpha .