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  "title": "Building a human-computer interface for everyone",
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  "summary": "**The gist** A Meta Tech Podcast episode with three **Reality Labs** research scientists working on **surface electromyography (sEMG)** wristbands, which read muscle signals so subtle hand movements can control devices. The focus is a **generic neuromotor interface** — ML models that work across people rather than only the person they were trained on.",
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