Thalmic Labs, which makes the Myo gesture-sending armband, has raised another $120 million from Intel Capital, Amazon Alexa Fund and others. VentureBeat notes that this is the first fundraising round since 2013, which yielded $20 million. Intel Capital led that round, too. The Myo band is a particularly interesting product. It fits around your forearm and senses -- and … [Read more...]
Myo Armband: Armed and Ready for Prosthetics
Thalmic Labs’s Myo Armband, which lets you control various devices by gesture, has been recognized from the beginning as a device with great potential. There are now apps to control electronic devices and services such as drones, Netflix, iTunes, keyboards, computer screens, and menus by hand and arm gestures. It’s not quite full Internet access by gesture and VR that Keanu … [Read more...]
Thalmic Labs Opens App Store for Myo Armband
Even the best hardware is useless without apps. Thalmic Labs, maker of the Myo gesture-control armband, has publicly opened an app store with more than 100 applications. Among the apps is one that will let a user control Parrot drones by gesture; others control Spotify or Netflix. It may be the ultimate couch potato experience to wave your arm to pause or fast-forward a … [Read more...]
Myo Design is Finished; Thalmic Sets September Ship Date
The gesture controller Myo -- part of yesterday's Salesforce wearables integration announcement -- is ready for showtime. Thalmic Labs showed a final design at the E3 gaming conference and told the Wall Street Journal that developers will get units in July, with pre-orders shipping in September. General availability is expected (hoped-for?) in the holiday season. The Myo … [Read more...]
Myo Wrist Band Controls With Gestures
The Canadian startup Thalmic Labs is building a motion controller called the Myo. The company says it senses motion and muscle movement to to send control signals over a Bluetooth 4.0 connection. The sizzle reel is pretty cool and gives an idea of where their heads are at in terms of applications. And yes, there will be an API. It looks more like a Wonder Woman bracelet than … [Read more...]