MYO is a gesture control gadget that reads the electrical activity in the user’s muscles and translates this into commands.
MYO is an armband that lets you control computers, phones, and other devices with simple gestures. It aims to transform how people interact with the digital world.
Developed by Canadian startup Thalmic Labs, MYO enables the wearer to use the electrical activity in their muscles for wireless control. It can recognize around twenty different gestures, such as the tap of a finger, the wave of a hand, or the flick of a wrist.
It is able to measure the electrical activity instantly using embedded electrodes, and provides a seamless way to interact with technology. The armband monitors a user’s muscles as they contract or relax and transmits this information to software that translates the movements into specific commands.
New Scientist reports that MYO’s creators see it as an easy way to interact with web browsers, video games, small drones, and more. A limited number is due to be released later this year, at a price of $149. The armband will be accompanied by software that allows any Windows or Mac computer to recognise gestures such as a vertical swipe to scroll up and down a webpage or a pinch to zoom in. You can check out the video below to see MYO in action:
Run hundreds of new, previously impossible Apps! Includes several new sensors and bluetooth to make your smartphone smarter.
Sensordrone is a sensor computer. Just like a computer can run many different applications, Sensordrone can run many sensor applications. If you have a Sensordrone, you can run apps on your tablet or smartphone to monitor carbon monoxide and air quality, find gas leaks, measure your child’s temperature, log the weather, and much more.
For example, apps using the capacitance sensor can work as a stud finder, a proximity monitor, or a liquid level monitor. Apps using the pressure sensor can work as a barometer, an altimeter, calculate elevation differences so you can measure the height of a building, be hooked up to a pressure cuff to work as a blood pressure monitor, and more. Humidity sensing is not just for weather, it determines comfort level for infants, finds the optimum conditions for storing foods, and could even help prevent mold from growing in your home.
Specs/Compatibility
Sensordrone will initially support Android 2.2 (Froyo) and later with shipments starting this Fall. Bluetooth 2.1 and 4.0 will be supported for Android. iOS support will be available for devices with Bluetooth 4.0, i.e. iPhone 4S & iPad (3rd Generation). Support for iPhone will trail Android by ~2 months.
Data Sharing Apps/Pachube Support
Sensordrone is an open platform for all kinds of sensor and bluetooth peripheral device apps. Every app shown in this project will be available for free. Many new apps are under development, like data sharing apps so you can combine sensor data with smartphone capabilities and share on Google+, Facebook, etc. Support will be available for data recording sites like Pachube.
Application examples:
Air quality
Breath alcohol
Color matching
Non-contact thermometer
Weather monitoring
Crowd sourced Sensor Data
Games (totally new concepts)
Flatulence (use gas sensors for both serious and not so serious measurements)
Totally new applications/Multi-sensor mayhem!
Included Sensors
Precision Electrochemical Gas Sensor – Calibrated for Carbon Monoxide (Also can be used for precision measurements of Alcohol, Hydrogen, and others)
Gas Sensor for Oxidizing Gases – MOS type for Chlorine, Ozone, Nitrogen Dioxide, etc.
Gas Sensor for Reducing Gases – (MOS type for methane, Propane, alcohols, other hydrocarbons, etc.)
Temperature – Simple resistance temperature sensor type
Humidity
Pressure – can be used for Barometer, Altimeter, Blood Pressure, etc.
Non-Contact Thermometer – Infrared sensor for scanning object temperature
Proximity Capacitance – fluid level, intrusion detection, stud finder & more applications
Red Color Intensity
Green Color Intensity
Blue Color Intensity
Illumination – combine RGB & illumination for color matching
Digital & Analog Interface - Expansion connector for connecting anything you want to your mobile device through the Sensordrone
Expansion Modules – Connect Anything to Sensordrone
Anybody can connect any device/hardware project to the Sensordrone via a standard 0.1” pitch header, supports digital (RS-232, I2C) and analog signals. This makes Sensordrone an “Easy Bluetooth Interface” for your project. First for Android, then for iOS and other platforms. Some external expansion modules are being made that will connect to the expansion connector, e.g. a complete air quality monitor for precision measurements of Carbon Dioxide (CO2), Carbon Monoxide (CO), Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) & Ozone (O3).
Connecting to your loved ones around the world at the flick of a switch!
The Good Night Lamp is a family of internet-connected lamps. Turn the Big Lamp on and the Little Lamps turn on wherever they are.
Keeping in touch with people has gradually become more than being “always on, sometimes off”. We would like to think that people can share parts of their lives with their families & loved ones in more subtle ways with the flick of a switch. A physical social network.
Why is this useful?
Home alone. Ever wanted to keep an eye on a loved one who lives alone? Give them a Big Lamp and watch your Little Lamp turn on as they come home or go to bed.
Global families. Live abroad and can’t seem to call your family at the right time? Let them switch a Big Lamp on when they’re around and can be called and vice versa.
Global teams. Have a team working around the world and want to see if they’re around for that conference call? Turn your Big Lamp on when you’re ready. Collect your colleagues Little Lamps and watch everyone join the call.
Connecting worlds. Want to connect home and work, turn the Big Lamp off when you leave work so your family knows you’re on your way.
How is it packaged?
The Good Night Lamp comes as a Set of a Big Lamp and 1 Little Lamp. You can add Little Lamps as you go. Each Little Lamp represents another loved one or friend.
Focused on the motorcycling and skiing markets the BEARtek gloves (Bluetooth Enabled Audio Regulation Technology) offer built-in Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR controls for your smartphone so that you don’t have to fumble around when out on the slopes or open road to get to your phone.
We wear gloves to protect us. We listen to music to entertain us. If we want to do both, then we have a problem
The gloves use your thumb as a controller to activate the 6 custom touch pads positioned along the outside edges of your fingers. Each pad is set to manage a custom setting like controlling a volume level, skipping a song in your playlist, or to answer or drop a call on your headset.
The gloves will pair with most Android and iOS devices and will run you $150 and up depending on your sport of choice. Check out the video below to see the gloves in action, or visit Beartekgloves.com for more details.
Technologies like NFC, RFID and QR codes are quickly becoming a normal part of everyday life, and now a group from CarnegieMellonUniversity has a fresh take on close-quarters data it calls acoustic barcodes. It involves physically etching a barcode-like pattern onto almost any surface, so it produces sound when something’s dragged across it — a fingernail, for example. A computer is then fed that sound through a microphone, recognizes the waveform and executes a command based on it. By altering the space between the grooves, it’s possible to create endless unique identifiers that are associated with different actions.
It’s easy to see how smartphones could take advantage of this — not that we recommend dragging your new iPhone over ridged surfaces — but unlike the technologies mentioned earlier, not all potential applications envisage a personal reading device. Dot barcodes around an area, install the sound processing hardware on site, and you’ve got yourself an interactive space primed for breaking freshly manicured nails. We’re pretty impressed by the simplicity of the concept, and the team does a good job of presenting scenarios for implementing it, which you can see in the video below. And, if you’d like to learn a little more about the idea or delve into the full academic paper, the source links await you.
Digits, a wrist-worn gloveless sensor developed by Microsoft Research in Cambridge, U.K., enables 3-D computer interaction in any environment and is practical beyond computer gaming.
LIFX is the smartest light bulb you’ve ever experienced. It’s a wifi-enabled, energy efficient, multi-colored bulb that you control with your iPhone or Android. LIFX gives you unprecedented control of your lights, reduces your energy costs, lasts up to 25 years and delivers an amazing range of experiences we think you’ll love.
LIFX is incredibly easy to set-up. Simply replace your existing bulbs with LIFX smartbulbs, download and install our free app from the App Store or Google Play and you’re good to go.
Environmentally Friendly
LIFX is a revolution in home lighting and will allow you to save money and reduce your environmental impact. With up to 20% of homes power consumption coming from lighting, it makes sense to switch to LED technology and even more sense to switch to LIFX LED smartbulbs. But this is just part of the story, LIFX is about the experience.
What can I do with LIFX smartbulbs in my house?
Control your lights from anywhere
Choose any brightness for a specific bulb, a room or your whole house
Create the colors to match any mood or decor
Get notifications such as Twitter, Facebook, Texts and more
Reduce your energy consumption and save money
Visualise your music with animated colors
Make an impression at your next dinner party
Get creative with colors and effects
Create a night light for your kids
Security mode when you’re on holidays
Create groups of lights
Robot dance like it’s 1999
There’s many more things you can do with LiFX smartbulbs in fact we’re creating a software developer kit (SDK) and a hacker kit so hackers and developers alike will be able to release more and more apps to do things we haven’t even thought of yet.
Adding intelligence to everyday things in your world, so that your life can be more awesome.
SmartThings makes it easy to connect the things in your physical world to the Internet. You can monitor, control, automate, and have fun with them from anywhere – at home, office, or on the go.
We’ve made it possible to install apps that interact with your SmartThings, as well as online and other services. This unlocks a world of possibilities and and unlimited potential to make your life easier, more convenient and fun. We call these SmartApps.
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