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Armin Van Buuren is using the Myo armband

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Interesting. Was unaware of this company till I saw some backlash on Hackaday (and they call out HN for blocking this backlash).

Neat stuff.

http://hackaday.com/2014/11/18/thalmic-labs-shuts-down-free-...

Can anyone address the concerns with the recent shut down of developer access?

This aptly-timed blog post might help! https://www.thalmic.com/blog/big-data/

tl;dr We're officially releasing raw data to developers, for free.

Interesting. So is this incorrect (from the Hackaday post)?

"Anyone wanting to develop for the Myo now needs to submit an application and pay Thalmic ... up to $5000 for academic institutions." (inflammatory language removed)

> they call out HN for blocking this backlash

I try to respond to these, but what we're being accused of here eludes me. Nobody who "blocks" things at HN had any idea of this controversy.

What a huge endorsement pull for them. If you don't know already, Armin is one of the biggest, if not the biggest, names in electronic music. He has had an enormously successful career playing trance (though that has changed quite a bit lately) and has the most listened to trance radio show called A State of Trance. His live shows at music festivals are always well received. Myo could not have found a better name to have attached to this product.

Here's a video showing what he does with them:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=CnUz...

Can't say i'm particularly impressed, since the delay is quite large and a kinect could do the same thing.

We're working on the latency, but a Kinect actually _can't_ do the same thing in this situation; too much interference from the stage lightning. (They actually tried other solutions, like Kinect, before switching to Myo!)

To be honest, i don't expect a useful solution to the latency problem. Kinect, Wii, Sony gyro controllers, Motion Leap, none of these have been able to reduce latency to a non-noticable level, and getting there would be a bit of a holy grail.

Good point about the Kinect though, that is interesting.

I wish Microsoft would do more with the Kinect and make it cross-platform. The MYO supports iOS, Android, Windows, and Mac: https://developer.thalmic.com

I have high hopes for Thalmic Labs, mainly because it is one of the most promising companies in the Waterloo region. Sadly, most ambitious Canadian startups get acquired (e.g. BufferBox) and shut down. We need a few to stick around if we want Waterloo to become the SV of Canada.

With Blackberry's impending demise, we won't have any large safety net companies for people to turn to when their startups fail. We need some companies with enough potential and backbone to grow big and refuse to be acquired.

All the best to Thalmic Labs, I'm rooting for you guys.

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