Show HN: Kinesis controls your Mac with gestures via Meta's Neural Band sEMG data
callbacked · hn · 2026-09-14
- A Show HN project called Kinesis makes Meta's Neural Band work independently of the glasses, using it to control a Mac with gestures.
- The author first had an AI assistant (astra) crack a 10-month-old open-source repo (neural-band-poc) that reads sEMG data directly off the band.
- Resulting demos include switching desktops with finger swipes, opening Mission Control, and turning a virtual knob to adjust volume.
- The author argues the band is an overlooked piece of tech and open-sourced the POC hoping others will find creative uses.
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