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Its easy to assume sales were flat/declining - but with recent news about their north glasses; maybe its redirecting resources ??
I wish this article said more about why they're stopping sales and their experiences supporting the device with customers. Its easy to assume sales were flat/declining - but with recent news about their north glasses; maybe its redirecting resources ??
I was in the same YC batch as Thalmic, and 2 years before that I did a PhD in neuroscience at a lab where one of the projects involved recording from forearm muscles using implanted electrodes. Even when you have the electrodes inside the arm you see a ton of signal from other muscles and it’s quite hard to unscramble useful information in a single trial. After demo day I was kinda surprised they raised so much money…
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I own one of these (I went to a lot of hackathons in college, and Myo armbands were one of the prizes that were given out like candy). Unfortunately, it's just not good enough. Whether it's their choice of EMG sensor or that EMG technology just isn't there yet, the Myo's gesture detection is both incredibly limited (five or six simple finger-and-hand gestures, when I used it last) and not very accurate. It's a neat l…
Hmm, so the product doesn't have much potential in its current state. I suppose it would be difficult to improve far beyond that using the same technology - perhaps they'll try and move to some sort of AR based solution? The concept seems really neat and it'd be a shame if it all ended up not working out.
Anyhow, I was not terribly impressed by the initial product and fairly shocked with how much money they raised after it. Interested to see what’s next.
I wish this article said more about why they're stopping sales and their experiences supporting the device with customers. Its easy to assume sales were flat/declining - but with recent news about their north glasses; maybe its redirecting resources ??
Were the bands ever more than a fun parlor trick? Are there any current serious examples of their value? (Genuinely asking, I've looked on the surface and can't separate the real stuff from the marketing stuff)