Giant technology firm Microsoft has filed an application to patent a controller which reportedly operates on the principle of "electromyography", which is feed back generated through human muscles.

As reported by TechFlash, the EMG system manages to translate electrical activity from muscles into instructions, and these are then further processed by a computer.

"As computing and digital information becomes integrated into everyday environments, situations arise where it may be inconvenient or difficult to use hands to directly manipulate an input device", says the patent application.

Microsoft has shared that its approach is to "infer user input from sensed human muscle activity". It seems that with the advancement in technology processing and muscular sensing, it has now been made possible for humans to work with computers directly through muscle activity.

Basically, the technology will work by picking up muscle movements in a user's arms and carrying it forward to whatever device is being controlled.