Myo Motion Control

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Thalmic Labs, a startup based in Kitchener, Ont., is shipping pre-orders of its highly anticipated Myo armband, the latest innovation in the burgeoning field of wearable tech. The device allows users to control and manipulate computers, video games The finished Myo wristband. Photo: Thalmic Labs Though the idea of a motion control wristband might only appeal to the hardest-core of wearable computer enthusiasts right now, Lake has high hopes that the trend will eventually reach the masses. What the product is, is essentially an armband — called MYO — that will allow anyone to control and interact with technology using only their fingers and hands. How the MYO works is that it detects electrical activity produced by the users arm muscles. A few years ago, Microsoft was working on a prototype called MUCI that used medical electrodes, which require contact with the skin, to enable gesture control. But this was not feasible for mass marketing purposes. Like Leap Motion, MYO’s device aims to The Myo uses both motion and gestures to control digital devices—anything from games and applications on your PC to physical devices like quadcopters or the lights in your living room. weiterlesen boston.com berichtet dazu: The next startup off the It's essentially a gesture recognition system that works independently of any external sensors (like cameras or motion that control your fingers, letting them spy on finger position as well as grip strength. Also somehow stuffed into the Myo armband .

Compared to the Leap Motion, the MYO armband allows users to control a computer at distances greater than a few feet. Furthermore, because it is detecting motion within the arm, control can be wielded during a variety of tasks whether facing the computer The fact that Thalmic’s MYO armband needs to be worn to operate gadgets may be a deal-breaker for those that champion motion-sensor systems, but Lake and Co. see obvious flaws with the alternatives. “Our feeling was that voice control is not a high With visions of Minority Report, many a user's hoped to control gadgets by wildly waving at a Kinect like a symphony conductor. Now there's another way to make your friends laugh at you thanks to the Thalmic Labs' Myo armband, which senses motion and The Internet is falling hard for a new hands-free gadget that lets you control your computer and will ship in September. While motion-tracking technology isn’t anything new, it’s worth noting that the Myo armband differs from, say, the Microsoft .

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