The new system, designed at UK's Plymouth University fuses tech and music allowing people to compose melodies using their eyes. The brain computer music interface (BCMI) uses electrodes plugged into the back of the head.
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The new system, designed at UK's Plymouth University fuses tech and music allowing people to compose melodies using their eyes. The brain computer music interface (BCMI) uses electrodes plugged into the back of the head.
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Musician Eduardo Miranda, pictured in his University of Plymouth research lab, is the man behind the tech. He wanted to design a piece of equipment that would help people living with paralysis after meeting a patient with locked in syndrome 11 years ago.
Brain waves making music —
Musician Eduardo Miranda, pictured in his University of Plymouth research lab, is the man behind the tech. He wanted to design a piece of equipment that would help people living with paralysis after meeting a patient with locked in syndrome 11 years ago.
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Miranda's latest composition is for a string quartet. It is an interaction between eight people, four of them generating music while the remaining four perform the composition as its being generated. Here, the professional string quartet get ready to play at the Music Tech Festival in September 2014.
Brain waves making music —
Miranda's latest composition is for a string quartet. It is an interaction between eight people, four of them generating music while the remaining four perform the composition as its being generated. Here, the professional string quartet get ready to play at the Music Tech Festival in September 2014.
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"You don't need musical talent to use the system," says Miranda. "But the more you understand music the easier it is for you. If you understand, for example, that crochets are quicker than semi-quavers you have an idea of what you're selecting."
Brain music —
"You don't need musical talent to use the system," says Miranda. "But the more you understand music the easier it is for you. If you understand, for example, that crochets are quicker than semi-quavers you have an idea of what you're selecting."
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Miranda is now working on making the system more robust and user-friendly. But it might be a while before his technology hits the shops, not only because it would cost about £10,000 (around $15,600).
Brain waves making music —
Miranda is now working on making the system more robust and user-friendly. But it might be a while before his technology hits the shops, not only because it would cost about £10,000 (around $15,600).
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