[ExI] Direct Music

[Adrian Tymes]

Right, so someone needs to hack this to be usable without a prosthetic arm
(just based off brain or shoulder reading), then market it.  And probably
either convince the guy who made it to help, or reverse engineer what he
has done and recreate it.

Anyone up for the task?

On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 3:47 PM SR Ballard via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> 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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