[ExI] Direct Music

[Adrian Tymes]

The demand for controlling a synthesizer with thoughts alone - being able
to create music while kicking back in one's chair, lying in bed, or
otherwise mobility-limited (such as on a bus/train/airplane, presumably
with headphones) - is low?  That doesn't seem correct.

On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 12:11 PM SR Ballard via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> Well, this wasn’t exactly a “lab” setting. But likely a while as demand is
> low.
>
> SR Ballard
>
> 2020/02/17 22:05、Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>のメール:
>
> Now, when does this go from a neat trick in a lab, to commercial?
>
> On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 8:44 AM SR Ballard via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> Musician Hacks Prosthetic Arm To Control Synthesizer With His Thoughts
>>
>>
>> https://bay-observer.com/musician-hacks-prosthetic-arm-to-control-synthesizer-with-his-thoughts-2
>>
>> “Bertolt Meyer, 42, was born without a lower left arm.
>>
>> He has worn a prosthetic arm since he was 3 months old, but now wears a
>> high-tech “i-limb” that looks like something out of a futuristic sci-fi
>> movie.
>>
>> The i-limb is a myoelectric prosthesis, which uses electrical signals
>> from the muscles inside the residual limb to control the prosthesis.
>>
>> As a musician, Meyer had the idea to swap out the prosthetic hand for a
>> DIY controller for his modular synthesizers so he can play music just by
>> thinking about it.”
>>
>> > x post from transhumanism reddit
>>
>> Very cool!
>>
>> SR Ballard
>>
>>
>>
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