Meta announced it’s tapped six external teams to receive a research grant in order to advance work on its surface electromyography (sEMG) based wristband controller. Meta revealed in a blog post it’s ...

Meta's neural band in Garmin's Unified Cabin at CES 2026. (Karissa Bell for Engadget) Meta has been experimenting with EMG technology for years. In 2025, the company commercialized it for the first ...

Aqara has announced the Spatial Multi-Sensor FP400, a new presence sensor that it says is precise enough to suss out whether you’re sitting, standing, or lying down. The FP400 builds on several past ...

Xiaomi is pushing a new idea for smartwatch input with the Xiaomi Watch 5, and it’s not another screen shortcut. The Xiaomi Watch 5’s gesture control system uses an EMG sensor to read electrical ...

The headline feature is undoubtedly the inclusion of an EMG (Electromyography) sensor. While we’ve seen ECG (Electrocardiogram) sensors become standard for heart health, an EMG sensor is a rarity. It ...

Patients are being warned to stop using some glucose monitors made by Abbott Diabetes Care after the company found malfunctioning sensors may be linked to hundreds of adverse events and several deaths ...

AI and human-movement research intersect in a study that enables precise estimation of hand muscle activity from standard video recordings. Using a deep-learning framework trained on a large, ...

What if your muscles could do more than just move your body? Imagine flexing your arm to scroll through a webpage or clenching your fist to control a robotic arm. It sounds like something out of a sci ...

I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore wearable tech, VR/AR, tablets, gaming and future/emerging trends in our changing world. Other obsessions include magic, immersive theater, ...

Combining two different kinds of signals could help engineers build prosthetic limbs that better reproduce natural movements, according to a new study. A combination of electromyography and force ...