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A biosensor that learns on the go

A flexible biosensing system with in-sensor machine-learning functionality can recognize up to 21 hand gestures in real time based on surface electromyography patterns from a forearm.

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Fig. 1: A wearable myoelectric prosthesis control interface with in-sensor gesture recognition.

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Tam, S., Gosselin, B. A biosensor that learns on the go. Nat Electron 4, 15–16 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-020-00526-0

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