North Inc., human-computer interaction, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

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Formerly known as Thalmic Labs.

Website - bynorth.com

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Co-founder and CEO - Stephen Lake

Products and projects:

Focals, Alexa-powered holographic smart glasses

Myo armband

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Myo - Wearable Gesture Control from Thalmic Labs

Published on Feb 25, 2013

Myo is a gesture control armband that works out of the box with things you already have like your Mac, Windows PC, iPhone and Android. The Myo Armband uses Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy to communicate with the devices it's paired with so you can control presentations, video, content, games, and so much more! It features on-board, rechargeable Lithium-Ion batteries, an ARM processor, our proprietary muscle activity sensors and a 9-axis inertial measurement unit.

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Myo - Behind the Scenes at Thalmic Labs

Published on Apr 24, 2013

Go behind the scenes to meet the Thalmic team and get a sneak peak of Myo in action.

Thalmic Labs is developing the next generation of gesture control technology. Myo, our flagship product, is a gesture control armband that works out of the box with things you already have like your Mac, Windows PC, iPhone and Android. The Myo Armband uses Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy to communicate with the devices it's paired with so you can control presentations, video, content, games, and so much more! It features on-board, rechargeable Lithium-Ion batteries, an ARM processor, our proprietary muscle activity sensors and a 9-axis inertial measurement unit.

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Video Recap of Myo Hackathon #1

Published on Sep 30, 2013

On September 13th, 2013, we held the very first Myo™ hackathon. Fifty students were given Myo™ engineering units for the duration of a single night. Here's a quick recap of some of the prototypes they put together.

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Demo: Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 X Thalmic Myo armband

Published on Feb 6, 2014

A futuristic piloting mode with the next Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy product from Thalmic Labs. The Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 precisely follows each movement of the arm or wrist! An app is planned for H2-2014.

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Armband Sensor Lets You Fly Drones

Published on Feb 11, 2014

Demo of Thalmic's Myo gesture-recognition armband device.

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Myo - A Quick Peek with Myo Devs

Published on Mar 4, 2014

Our first Myo Alpha Developers have built applications for the Myo armband to control lights, cameras, and even robots. Watch the video for a quick peek at some of the applications that early third-party developers are making for the Myo armband.

The Myo armband is a new device that turns your forearm into a controller, detecting muscle activity to control digital technologies over Bluetooth. It communicates with paired devices so that you can control presentations, video, games, and so much more!

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Article "Google's parent Alphabet is reportedly in 'final stages' to buy smart glasses maker North, as the augmented reality race with Apple heats up"

by Hugh Langley
June 25, 2020