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I was on the list for a SDK at CTRL-Labs before FB swooped in and bought them. I'm really bummed I couldn't get ahold of one first. In having on-again, off-aga
by mfrye0 5y ago
I was on the list for a SDK at CTRL-Labs before FB swooped in and bought them. I'm really bummed I couldn't get ahold of one first.
In having on-again, off-again RSI issues over the years from coding, I think this tech would be hugely beneficial and is more realistic to ship in the near future.
- robbedpeter 5y agoWrt to the wristband, the concept and hardware is simple enough that were it not for Facebook nightmare lawyers and patents it could be a cheap maker community staple. Under Facebook, it will fail - nobody wants Facebook tracking literally everything they type.
- elevenoh 5y agoI look forward to trustless biometrics storage/processing
- ipsum2 5y agoHuh? This technology (using electromyography to detect hand/arm movements) has been around for at least 6 years (https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/myo-gesture-control-armband https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/myo-gesture-control-armband) but has not become a "community staple". The company producing the armband actually shelved the product because it was so bad and focused their efforts on AR glasses instead.
- a-dub 5y agoi would guess that anything that works for coding/computing use cases is a long ways off. like speech recognition, these things rely heavily on language models... i suppose we have language models for code now, but i suspect it would still be frustrating- at least in the short term. but, we shall see...
- danuker 5y ago> RSI https://workrave.org/ https://workrave.org/ Also, check your desk and chair ergonomics. I find having my elbows on the desk reduces wrist strain.
- raidicy 5y agoI also have RSI and it stops me from being a productive programmer, playing any sort of video game, and completely ruined my life for a couple years. If I get really good sleep I can use the computer for a couple hours without any pain at all but normally I'm relegated to only using my hands for a little bit each day otherwise I'll injure them. I tried using voice to text but then I injured my vocal chords using it. Physical therapy and Rehabilitation is slow and I doubt I'll ever be able to have the full use of my voice and hands again. Having a BCI would improve my quality of life immensely.
- mleonhard 5y agoHave you tried strength training? Do you use a tenting split keyboard and vertical mouse? Do you have a good chair, decent posture, and a desk at the proper height? Those things solved my RSI.
- mfrye0 5y agoYeah, I was in a similar place at one point. Check out the book in this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6099623 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6099623. The book is: https://www.amazon.com/Mindbody-Prescription-Healing-Body-Pain/dp/0446675156 https://www.amazon.com/Mindbody-Prescription-Healing-Body-Pa... I don't know if it was the book, a placebo effect, or something else, but I got better after reading that.
- AussieWog93 5y ago>Having a BCI would improve my quality of life immensely. Current BCI tech is nowhere near the fidelity of non-BCI control methods (e.g. eye tracking). If you're serious about it, look into them.
- tashoecraft 5y agoYou could take a look at the crown by Neurosity: https://neurosity.co/ https://neurosity.co/. I was on the waitlist for ctrl-labs as well.
- mfrye0 5y agoI haven't heard of this thing yet. Do you have one?