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Ask HN: Any recommendations for reliable EMG armband device?

by ahmedbaracat on 10/19/22, 7:18 PM with 1 comments

Thalmic Labs, created Myo [1], the IP of which were sold to CTRL Labs later acquired by Meta. [2] Since then it seems there aren’t any reputable startups creating similar products. I found the OYMotion gForcePro+ [3], but I am not sure about the quality/reliability of the product.

I am wondering if there are any similar consumer-grade EMG armband with a dev SDK to access the raw EMG readings that you are recommending. The reason for accessing the raw EMG signals is to be able to develop my own classifiers.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8lGstYAY14 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23691347 [3] http://www.oymotion.com/en/product32/149

  • by PaulHoule on 10/19/22, 7:34 PM

    I dunno, I've seen that consumer devices that measure bioelectric signals produce pretty messy results.

    I have a Kardia Mobile EKG card which I understand is validated to give good diagnostic results, but the EKG it produces is awful. I know a bit about how to interpret EKG from a real EKG but these look so bad I would not even try. Next time I see my doc I am going to ask what he thinks.