p>Thalmic Labs announced that it will be reaching out to the masses via Amazon this quarter, one year after the first time we tried the Myo. The Myo's gesture-control armband, which is available for pre-order on the website of the company, will cost $199. Thalmic Labs already sold over 50,000 pre-orders, with about half of them shipped to buyers. This is a good endorsement of some of the applications Thalmic Labs and its partners have shown.
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p>Gallery: Thalmic Labs' Myo armband at CES 2015. 5 Photos
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p>The Myo is a set of eight muscle-sensing module that you attach to the broadest point of your forearm. This allows the device to detect hand movements. These gestures include squeezing, spreading your hands or moving your hands left or right, turning your forearm and even the quick pinch of another finger (which can be used to activate or stop your Myo). A gyroscope, accelerometer, and magnetometer are available to detect arm motion.
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p>The Myo does not have a power button. It wakes up immediately you pick it up and then automatically goes to sleep in the event that it is left to its own. A single charge should last somewhere between 10 to 14 hours if you use it regularly, which is impressive.
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p>The communication link is based on Bluetooth LE, and there's a Myo Connect application which feeds the motion information back to whichever device or program you're using to control. In Thalmic Labs' demo room we were able to use the Myo to control video playback and volume on a PC, an Orbotix Ollie rolling robot and Race The Sun, an addictive game of obstacle avoidance based on flight. With the exception of the connectivity issue with the Ollie and the difficulty of the game, the majority of these scenarios were quite simple for us.
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p>We have seen Myo demos that included PowerPoint?, iTunes and Call Of Duty. Users will be able to download app "connectors" from the Myo Market to try out some of these use cases and also to control Spotify, Netflix, Sonos and other popular games such as Minecraft and Saints Row IV.
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p>Thalmic Labs had impressive displays just before CES. In November, the company unveiled TedCas?' Myo integration, which allows surgeons to manipulate medical images without touching a monitor or a pointing device. In the following month, Haute Technique shared its story of how it let Dutch DJ Armin van Buuren to use the armband to control stage lights during his performances. It'll be interesting to see what the people who are behind the gesture cameras come up with, as companies are investing heavily in gesture control.
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p>Update The product page on Amazon is now up and running.
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