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Facebook is making a bracelet that lets you control computers with your brain

The news: Facebook says it has created a wristband that translates motor signals from your brain so you can move a digital object just by thinking about it.

How does it work? The wristband uses sensors to detect movements you intend to make. It uses electromyography to interpret electrical activity from motor nerves as they send information from the brain to the hand. The company says the device would let you navigate augmented-reality menus by just thinking about moving your finger to scroll. There’s no word yet on when it will be released or how much it will cost.

The significance: The most successful experiment in augmented reality was Pokémon Go, which took the world by storm in 2016. That initial promise has faded over the intervening years, however, as companies have struggled to translate the technology into something that’s really useful. WIll Facebook crack it?

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