MYO – Wearable Gesture Control

The MYO is a gesture control armband from Thalmic Labs that uses the electrical activity of the body in order to interface with your electronic devices. This makes for a much simpler hardware setup which currently require a camera and heat sensors in order to monitor movement. At the moment the MYO is available for pre-order and will be shipping out in late 2013.

Kenroy George

designer/developer who dabbles in the dark arts of photography.

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