Show Off Your Muscles, Control a Computer
It’s now 2010, so it’s fitting that we keeping getting ever closer to cyborg technology. This video from Microsoft’s R&D department doesn’t actually involve the merging of human flesh and machinery, but you might think so if you saw this tech being used in public. Using a system called electromyography (EMG), this project uses the electrical impulses in our muscles to control simple techology devices like an mp3 player or Guitar Hero without using an interface device. Just move your muscles and control the device.
This video explains and demonstrates the technology in pretty clear terms. Watch it and I think you’ll see where might all lead. SkyNet is coming, people!
Microsoft EMG Demo (via Engadget)
