By Rachel Metz, Technology Review
Gesture-control devices can make it easier to operate everything from smartphones to robots from a distance. Drone commander: The Myo armband senses electrical signals produced by the wearer’s muscle movements, and translates those signals to actions that can control applications on a computer or smartphone via low-power Bluetooth. Here, it’s shown controlling the flight of a small drone. When it comes to gesture-control systems like Microsoft’s Kinect, some applications—like gaming—are obvious. Others—like controlling your window blinds—are less so. Yet that’s the kind of functionality Waterloo, Ontario-based startup Thalmic Labs is hoping will be possible with its first product, an armband called Myo that’s slated to start shipping late this year to some of the company’s earliest customers.
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/517176/an-armband-promises-a-simpler-route-to-gesture-control/
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