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[SR Ballard]

The demand for a prosthetic arm which does these thing is low. 

And demand for any technology which people don’t know exists is going to be quite low. 0 probably.

If people knew it was possible for there to be one, right now, there might actually be demand.

SR Ballard

2020/02/18 15:47、Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>のメール:

> 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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