Myo Armband Provides Effortless Gesture Control of Robots, Anything Else
From: IEEE Spectrum - 02/11/2014
By: Evan Ackerman

The Myo is built around eight EMG (electromyography) muscle activity sensors
along with a nine-axis inertial measurement unit (that's three axes each for
accelerometer, gyro, and magnetometer), meaning that you get forearm gesture
sensing along with relative motion sensing (as opposed to absolute position).
The EMG sensors pick up on the electrical potential generated by muscle
cells, and with the Myo on your forearm, the sensors can read all of the
muscles that control your fingers, letting them spy on finger position as
well as grip strength.

Read the entire article and view a video (2:14) at:
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/thalmic-myo-armband-provides-effortless-gesture-control-of-robots/

Links:
BioSleeve
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/jpl-biosleeve-enables-precise-robot-control-through-hand-and-arm-gestures

Thalmic Labs
https://www.thalmic.com/en/myo/

Sensor-Based Approach to Gesture Control
http://www.deskeng.com/edge/2013/12/sensor-based-approach-to-gesture-control/