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The Future of Input Devices
I had to post this, it’s awesome. The video explains it much better than I can, but it’s basically a new input system, developed to not require interfaces. Instead, it uses electromyography (EMG) sensors to translate muscle signals from the skin’s surface. The project is a joint collaboration between Microsoft, the University of Washington in Seattle, and the University of Toronto in Canada.
The video shows a guy playing Guitar Hero with nothing more than an air guitar. (I’m sure there are dozens of amusing air guitar videos I could link to here, but I only ever find the idiots who take it seriously. Feel free to post a funny in the comments)
Final thoughts: What if you’ve lost a finger?
