Yet another motion controller, called MYO, has entered the fray, this time letting you wear the technology on your forearm.

Unlike Kinect and Leap Motion, which sit near the computer screen and track users through the air, MYO is an armband that translates the muscles’ electrical activity into motion controls. Thalmic Labs, the company behind the MYO, says the sensor inside the armband is sensitive enough to pick up individual finger movements as well as “subtle movements all directions”—sometimes before your finger actually moves. Minority Report, here we come.

A demo video shows a variety of uses, such as music and video playback, video games and presentations. The video also shows MYO working with other devices, such as a remote-control quadcopter and a ski mask with a heads-up display.

According to a FAQ on MYO‘s Website, the device will work “out of the box” with certain uses and developers will be able to program for the controller as well. To prevent accidental input, users must activate the motion control with “a unique gesture that is unlikely to occur normally.” The armband will supposedly be one size fits all, and uses Bluetooth 4.0. While MYO is built for Windows and Mac, developers can also integrate the device with their Android and iOS apps.

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