Order your objects by slamming fingers, the future of home automation?

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No more need to move or to tap on his smartphone, lifting a little finger is now sufficient to lead some connected objects.

Start-ups like Bluemint Labs or Thalmic Labs have developed devices capable of detecting movements and for example transmitting commands to flaps, smart lamps and other home automation devices.

Canadian nugget Thalmic Labs, created in 2012 and based in the province of Ontario, created the connected bracelet Myo. It is able to identify the movements of the arm but also of the fingers of its user. It combines to do this spatial data measurement with a gyroscope and an accelerometer with that of the electrical activity of the muscles. This intelligent armband, which resembles a military tank caterpillar, is placed at the top of the forearm near the elbow. From the recorded signals, it allows to control with a simple gesture a smartphone (to make a phone call by making a movement from left to right when in a car for example).

 

References:

https://www.myo.com

MYO Armband provides hands-free controls by reading your arm muscles

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