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I work at CTRL-labs, a startup focused on electromyography (EMG) based control devices. This article has a bit more technical detail about what we do: https://w

by mizzao 9y ago

I work at CTRL-labs, a startup focused on electromyography (EMG) based control devices. This article has a bit more technical detail about what we do: https://www.wired.com/story/brain-machine-interface-isnt-sci-fi-anymore/ https://www.wired.com/story/brain-machine-interface-isnt-sci... EEG--reading signals from the brain--is pretty hard. But EMG--capturing muscle contractions in the arm--produces relatively much cleaner data. This can then be fed into a variety of machine learning algorithms to map high-fidelity time series data to discrete signals or continuous gestures for which we have appropriate training data. Want to find more? Come visit our offices in NYC!

raizinho 9y ago
Are you saying people can just show up to your office for a...tour?
- bitL 9y ago
  In exchange for adding your EMG sensory data into their machine learning dataset while you are walking around? ;-)
  - westmeal 9y ago
    Worth it.
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amelius 9y ago
Is the training data unique for a person, or can you reuse the models between people?
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kensai 9y ago
I appreciated and upvoted your post with the link in Wired. However, am I getting something wrong in the article? "The innovation lies in picking up EMG more precisely—including getting signals from individual neurons—than the previously existing technology..." EMG by definition acquires muscle activity. How do you claim that it is signals of neurons, let alone individual ones?! (only by proxy)
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chaosbutters 9y ago
Can we actually visit your office/research labs in NYC? One of my bosses loves this stuff and is always looking down the road. We would likely use it for advertising at our company or understanding how consumers interact with our products.
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junkcollector 9y ago
Can you provide any technical detail about what is unique or novel about what your company does? Neither the wired article nor your company webpage has any useful information on what might differentiate you from the countless EMG devices out and hobbyist setups there.
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pavel_lishin 9y ago
> Want to find more? Come visit our offices in NYC! I'd love to! But I can't figure out where you're located.
- bookofjoe 9y ago
  CTRL-labs 25 W. 36th St., 9th Floor, New York, NY 10018
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by mizzao 9y ago

raizinho 9y ago

Are you saying people can just show up to your office for a...tour?

bitL 9y ago
In exchange for adding your EMG sensory data into their machine learning dataset while you are walking around? ;-)
- westmeal 9y ago
  Worth it.
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amelius 9y ago

Is the training data unique for a person, or can you reuse the models between people?

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kensai 9y ago

I appreciated and upvoted your post with the link in Wired. However, am I getting something wrong in the article? "The innovation lies in picking up EMG more precisely—including getting signals from individual neurons—than the previously existing technology..." EMG by definition acquires muscle activity. How do you claim that it is signals of neurons, let alone individual ones?! (only by proxy)

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chaosbutters 9y ago

Can we actually visit your office/research labs in NYC? One of my bosses loves this stuff and is always looking down the road. We would likely use it for advertising at our company or understanding how consumers interact with our products.

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junkcollector 9y ago

Can you provide any technical detail about what is unique or novel about what your company does? Neither the wired article nor your company webpage has any useful information on what might differentiate you from the countless EMG devices out and hobbyist setups there.

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pavel_lishin 9y ago

> Want to find more? Come visit our offices in NYC! I'd love to! But I can't figure out where you're located.

bookofjoe 9y ago
CTRL-labs 25 W. 36th St., 9th Floor, New York, NY 10018
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