Best Device

I chose my best new device to by the Myo Armband.  This is a gesture controld device that fits around the meaty part of your forearm and detects slight muscle movements, arm rotations and even electrical impulses as you gesture, translating all that information into real-time input. This device features bluetooth 4.0 and a new type of biosensor, which can pick up electrical impulses in our arm muscles. So long as the inner side of the Myo has skin contact you're good to go. 

The idea of Myo started in the co-founders' university days, where they explored various wearable technologies while working on a navigation aid for the blind. Lake said since brain control isn't quite there yet, his team found muscle sensing to be the next best thing. From what I saw today, Thalmic Labs seems to be on the right track. We watched co-founder Aaron Grant play Call Of Duty: Ghosts using just a pair of Myos, and he was able to make his avatar run, crouch, jump, fire weapon and reload. Lake also gave a demo on music playback control and slideshow presentation on an iPad, both of which worked just fine. But it doesn't stop there; the CEO also sees opportunity in industrial robotics, space application and even gesture-based authentication.  As production volume increases, Lake says they’ll consider adding oversees partners, but for now this is very much a homegrown affair.

Call of Duty Example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o62TzZrw5s

Myo Ad:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWu9TFJjHaM

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

The Medium is the Message is the Medium

I believe this phrase means that we need to pay more attention to what our message is going to impact, how it is going to impact us and how it is going to be delivered to us. The content of the medium is always another medium.  When new technology comes out, it changes society structurally and psychologically.  As technology progresses and changes, society changes as well.  Just think about what the radio or tv did.  And now we have the newest devices just falling onto our laps. Though the information (message) may stay the same, the way it is delivered (media) changes.