<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">The demand for a prosthetic arm which does these thing is low. <div><br></div><div>And demand for any technology which people don’t know exists is going to be quite low. 0 probably.</div><div><br></div><div>If people knew it was possible for there to be one, right now, there might actually be demand.<br><br><div dir="ltr">SR Ballard</div><div dir="ltr"><br>2020/02/18 15:47、Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>>のメール:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">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.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 12:11 PM SR Ballard via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Well, this wasn’t exactly a “lab” setting. But likely a while as demand is low.<br><br><div dir="ltr">SR Ballard</div><div dir="ltr"><br>2020/02/17 22:05、Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>>のメール:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Now, when does this go from a neat trick in a lab, to commercial?</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 8:44 AM SR Ballard via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;line-height:1.2;padding:0px"><font size="3"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Musician Hacks Prosthetic Arm To Control Synthesizer With His Thoughts</span></font></h1><div><font size="3"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></font></div><div><a href="https://bay-observer.com/musician-hacks-prosthetic-arm-to-control-synthesizer-with-his-thoughts-2" target="_blank">https://bay-observer.com/musician-hacks-prosthetic-arm-to-control-synthesizer-with-his-thoughts-2</a></div><div><br></div><div>“<span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Bertolt Meyer, 42, was born without a lower left arm.</span></div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;margin:0px 0px 1em;line-height:1.8"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">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.</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;margin:0px 0px 1em;line-height:1.8"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">The i-limb is a myoelectric prosthesis, which uses electrical signals from the muscles inside the residual limb to control the prosthesis.</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;margin:0px 0px 1em;line-height:1.8"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">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.”</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;margin:0px 0px 1em;line-height:1.8">> x post from transhumanism reddit</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;margin:0px 0px 1em;line-height:1.8">Very cool! </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;margin:0px 0px 1em;line-height:1.8">SR Ballard</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;margin:0px 0px 1em;line-height:1.8"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></p><br><div id="gmail-m_-6848334306270053049gmail-m_-2161530463441200930AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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