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Thalmic Labs (YC W13) Raises $14.5M
- shloime 13y agoReally excited to see where they take this product. Congrats to the Thalmic team!
- dude_abides 13y agoMYO is one of those products that, if executed right, can be the harbinger of a new age of computing. Neuro is still at least a few years away, voice is dorky, vision is flaky. Now if only they had come up with a cooler name than MYO!
- whytaka 13y ago'Band'. As a pre-orderer of the MYO, I am happy to hear that some reputable people think the product worthwhile.
- magic_haze 13y ago"Myo" is actually a fairly common prefix in biology, and (I think) is roughly equivalent to "muscle".
- johnl1479 13y agoYou are correct. Myosins are proteins used in muscle movement. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myosin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myosin
- yanivf 13y agoI am also a pre-orderer but I believe that the MYO guys have a very interesting take on gestures and gesture control. There is still a long way for the product to become mainstream and the fact that the new Kinect has a camera that can do everything the MYO does without an armband on your hand will definitely make the competition very interesting.
- magic_haze 13y agoAgreed. I preordered one the day they announced it on HN, but they've been awfully silent since. After watching the Xbox announcement, the new kinect definitely seems more usable and interesting.
- lfuller 13y agoThe primary appeal of the Myo, in my opinion, is the fact that you don't need to be within a 20 ft, perfectly unobstructed, line of sight vision cone of any sensors. You just put it on your arm and start using it anywhere.
- mietek 13y agoCongratulations! There's a race on now — who will ship pre-orders first, Myo or Leap Motion?
- geori 13y agoWish I could have been in on this :) This is the perfect interface for wearables like Google Glass.