Thalmic Labs Gesture Control Wearables
An article on zdnet in December 2016 draws together information from a variety of sources to offer clues as to the product that Thalmic Labs is on the verge of introducing: a revolutionary new gesture controlwearable tech product.
The article links various news sources that help to identify clues as to what their new gesture control software might be.
The article includes a video of someone wearing a band, called the Myo ($199) – this contains eight sensors that measure electromyographic pulses in his upper arm — electric pulses sent there by his brain to move muscles that no longer exist.
These are then transmitted to a computer that studies them and figures out what movement the person is thinking of and then commands the prosthetic limb attached to his skeleton to perform them.
Now, apparently, Thalmic Labs is using its pioneering work in gesture control — used to manipulate all manner of things ranging from computers and phones to drones, video games, touch screens, surgical robots, power-point presentations and more.
The article speculates whether voice control may have a part to play. The fact that Intel are participating may indicate there are IoT functionalities involved, where wearables play a prominent role.
To sum things up, we have the possibility of gesture control, voice control and IoT functionalities all rolled into one product based on these reports.
- It raised $120 million in September of this year, built a new factory.
- There has been a marketing ‘buzz’ about a “revolutionary new product that people say will radically change the way we engage with virtual reality, gaming, smartphones, manufacturing or pretty much anything you do that can be replaced with a few subtle finger taps, swipes and gestures made in thin air.”
- Founded in 2012 out of the mechatronics program at the University of Waterloo, by Stephen Lake, Matthew Bailey and Aaron Grant.
- Thalmic Labs hasrelocated its manufacturing from China Waterloo, a 45 minute drive from Toronto and their San Francisco office has been hiring