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| Topic: Creating music by thought alone ~ The Encephalophone | |
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Neurologists have created a hands-free, thought-controlled musical instrument, which they've recently described in a report in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. Researchers hope that this new instrument will help empower and rehabilitate patients with motor disabilities such as those from stroke, spinal cord injury, amputation, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). July 12, 2017 SOURCE ~ http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/07/170712110510.htm "The Encephalophone is a musical instrument that you control with your thoughts, without movement." explains Thomas Deuel, a neurologist at Swedish Medical Center and a neuroscientist at the University of Washington, and first author of the report. The Encephalophone collects brain signals through a cap that transforms specific signals into musical notes. The invention is coupled with a synthesizer, allowing the user to create music using a wide variety of instrumental sounds. The Encephalophone can be controlled via two independent types of brain signals: either those associated with the visual cortex (i.e. closing one's eyes), or those associated with thinking about movement. I think this is pretty cool. My fingers don't work as well as they used to so I had to sell my guitar. Would be cool to play an instrument again. |
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Edited by
Basha
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Wed 07/12/17 10:41 PM
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Wow...lucky you~
I'm waiting for immersive virtual reality mmorpg's #ForABetterFuture |
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