KITCHENER — The armband technology developed by North Inc. before it pivoted to manufacturing smart glasses late last year has been purchased by an American technology firm.

CRTL Labs has acquired a patent from North for Myo armband technology. CTRL will bring the technology to its hardware and more.

Before pivoting to smart glasses, Thalmic Labs (now North) tried its best to make its Myo gestural arm band controller the future of user input. Now, another startup is picking up the baton ...

New York-based startup Ctrl-labs has acquired patents associated with North's Myo wristband, which translated neural signals into digital commands.

Canadian firm Thalmic Labs has announced the end of sales of the Myo armband, a gesture-control device which was being explored in the realm of prosthetics.

Thalmic Labs is ending sales of its Myo armband in order to focus on its next big project, which co-founder Stephen Lake says is coming soon.

Thalmic Labs is ceasing sales of its gesture- and motion-guided Myo armband, as it looks to put all its efforts into an as-yet-undisclosed new product.

Researchers at Sheffield Hallam University have developed a system that uses VR to teach amputees how to use new prosthetic limbs. Ivan Phelan, games developer and lead VR researcher, wants to ...

Designing wearable devices can be as much about dealing with packaging issues as it is about leveraging cutting-edge silicon, sensors, and developing “secret sauce” software. Such was the case with ...

The Myo gesture control armband recognizes muscle patterns to interpret sign language.