MYO-GESTURE-CONTROL-ARMBAND

Canadian firm Thelmic Labs has announced the end of the sale of the Mayo armband, a gesture-control device that was being explored in the realm of prosthetics.

Description

The Mayo Gesture Control Armband reads muscle activity in your forearms and gives you touch-free control of the technology with hand gestures and motion. The Mayo Armband is a one-size-fits-all, ages 12 and up.

Reads the electrical activity of your muscles and the motion of your hand so that you can control the technology wirelessly with hand gestures
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The Mayo armband used electromyography (EMG) sensors to measure and record the electrical impulses delivered by our muscles. By digesting these pulses, the armband would control an instrument based on gestures, which, in turn, made the armband an "extension" of our functions.


Mayo was taken as a means of "wirelessly controlling technology with gestures and motion". You slid the armband over your forearms and set the device up by entering a range of motion of the muscle, such as making a fist or pulling out your fingers.


These speeds and the EMG data created through them are used to control other devices.

Tips 4U Today found the armband to be inconvenient for a long time and at the time of review "one size fits all" the product was shortened to female wearers. Also, gesture recognition control technology - back in 2015, at least - needs improvement.

Despite some issues that got better over time, the armband captured the imagination of researchers, engineers, and developers worldwide.

A team from John Hopkins used the armband to deliver a man who improved his prosthetic control due to cancer, and Canadian students won the Microsoft Imagine Cup by creating an inexpensive prosthetic arm that uses the Mayo sensor it was done.

Lek says that while Mayo's story is now finished, a new product "completely different from Mayo," requires the team's "focus and focus."


"As a commitment to those who have embraced Mayo, we will continue to provide customer support to the person who has purchased one and who has no plans to change," the executive said. "What's next ... we'll get back to you soon."

It is a pity that Mayo is over now - at least, in terms of sales and its current development. However, the device demonstrated potential applications of EMG in the field of prosthetics, and it is expected that others - or perhaps the company itself - will continue to explore the characteristics of the technology.


Ontario-based Thalamic Labs has secured $ 135.6 million in funding through six funding rounds so far. Investors include Intel Capital, Amazon Alexa Fund and Spark Capital.

Gestures and Motion

Hand gestures detected by proprietary EMG muscle sensors
Highly sensitive motion sensor

Communication


Bluetooth Smart

Power and Battery

Micro-USB charging
Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery
One full day use out of single charge

Compatible devices Windows




Windows 7 (with included USB Bluetooth adapter and OpenGL 2.1 or higher)
Windows 8 (with included USB Bluetooth adapter and OpenGL 2.1 or higher)

Mac


OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) and above (with included USB Bluetooth adapter)

iOS


7.0 and higher for the following devices
iPad 3rd and 4th generation
iPad Air
iPad Air 2
iPhone 4s, 5, 5c, 5s, 6, 6 Plus
iPod Touch 5th generation
iPad Mini 1st and 2nd generation
iPad Mini 3

Android

Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) and up (device must have Bluetooth radio that supports Bluetooth 4.0 LE)

Hardware

Sensors: Medical Grade Stainless Steel EMG sensors, Highly sensitive nine-axis IMU containing three-axis gyroscope, three-axis accelerometer, three-axis magnetometer
LEDs: Dual Indicator LEDs
Processor: ARM Cortex M4 Processor
Haptic Feedback: Short, Medium, Long Vibrations
What's Included

Black Myo Armband
1 Standard Micro-USB Cable
1 Bluetooth Adapter for Mac and Windows PC Connection
10 Myo Sizing Clips


Dimensions

Arm size: Expandable between 7.5 - 13 inches (19 - 34 cm) forearm circumference
Weight: 93 grams
Thickness: 0.45 inches