Thalmic Labs (YC W13) Raises $14.5M(techcrunch.com)

http://techcrunch.com/2013/06/05/thalmic-labs-raises-14-5m-to-make-the-myo-armband-the-next-big-thing-in-gesture-control/

10 comments

yanivf13년 전

I 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_haze13년 전

Agreed. 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.

lfuller13년 전

The 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.

dude_abides13년 전

MYO 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!

whytaka13년 전

'Band'.

As a pre-orderer of the MYO, I am happy to hear that some reputable people think the product worthwhile.

magic_haze13년 전

"Myo" is actually a fairly common prefix in biology, and (I think) is roughly equivalent to "muscle".

johnl147913년 전

You are correct. Myosins are proteins used in muscle movement. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myosin

geori13년 전

Wish I could have been in on this :) This is the perfect interface for wearables like Google Glass.

shloime13년 전

Really excited to see where they take this product. Congrats to the Thalmic team!

mietek13년 전

Congratulations!

There's a race on now — who will ship pre-orders first, Myo or Leap Motion?