{"id":380278,"date":"2010-03-02T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-02T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"Gizmodo-5483317"},"modified":"2010-03-02T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-02T10:00:00","slug":"play-guitar-by-flexing-alone-microsoft-researchs-muscle-computer-interface-microsoft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/380278","title":{"rendered":"Play Guitar By Flexing Alone: Microsoft Research&#8217;s Muscle-Computer Interface [Microsoft]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- videoId: 4c99deb31914ecc6c4 --><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\nnewVideoPlayer( {\"type\":\"video\",\"player\":\"http:\\\/\\\/bg-video.cp.motionbox.com\\\/motionboxons\\\/flash\\\/VideoPlayer.swf?type=sd&video_uid=4c99deb31914ecc6c4&security_token=prod3.2dce92f0386fbd65\",\"customParams\":{\"allowScriptAccess\":\"always\"},\"width\":500,\"height\":319.65,\"ratio\":0.6393,\"flashData\":\"\",\"embedName\":\"mbox_player_4c99deb31914ecc6c4\",\"objectId\":\"mbox_player_4c99deb31914ecc6c4\",\"noEmbed\":false,\"source\":\"motionbox\"} );\n<\/script><!-- \/videoId: 4c99deb31914ecc6c4 --> Slide on a pair of electrode-laden armbands, and suddenly all your sweet air-guitar licks are captured, finger by finger, without an instrument in sight. Sure, there are plenty of good reasons for this besides <a class=\"autolink\" title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #guitarhero\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/guitarhero\/\">Guitar Hero<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Since Microsoft Research is so into &#8220;natural user interfaces,&#8221; they showed off this one, called <a href=\"http:\/\/research.microsoft.com\/en-us\/um\/redmond\/groups\/cue\/muci\/\">muscle-computer interface<\/a>. It senses the movement of your extremities by tracing electrical activity within the muscles using a usually medical technique called electromyography. They&#8217;ve tried it in situations where users are engaged in physical exercise or have their hands full, like when bringing groceries to the car. They also connected it to <a class=\"autolink\" title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #airguitarhero\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/airguitarhero\/\">Air Guitar Hero<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"lytebox\" href=\"http:\/\/cache.gawkerassets.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/03\/guitar_muci.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cache.gawkerassets.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/03\/500x_guitar_muci.jpg\" class=\"left image500\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Natal is going to be really good for kicking and punching, but that camera array isn&#8217;t set up for fine fretwork. I am not saying that this system is going to ever see the light of day, or that their ultimate purpose is ever-better air guitar. Still, it&#8217;s nice to know that at least some of the $9 billion Microsoft spends on its research division every year may solve this dilemma. 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Sure, there are plenty of good reasons for this besides Guitar Hero. Since Microsoft Research is so into &#8220;natural user interfaces,&#8221; they showed off this one, called muscle-computer interface. 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