A Mind-Controlled Musical InstrumentShare

[clintlove]

Robert Schneider, frontman of the indie rock band Apples in Stereo, has modded an EEG sensor-based Mattel MindFlex toy to make a device that plays an analog synth entirely through a user’s brain activity. The Teletron, as he calls it, is a DIY gadget (Schneider has uploaded a ‘how to make your own Teletron at home’ video on the web) that plays on a high or low pitch depending upon the intensity of the user’s thoughts.

Here’s a video of Schneider demonstrating how to use the Teletron:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ0So3q9cT0&feature=player_embedded

Pretty damn cool, would like to try it with different synth sounds. Thanks, to Jamey for bringing this to my attention.

[Bender420]

Re: A Mind-Controlled Musical InstrumentShare

i want to try to build one of these. clint, i'll buy the mattel toy, you buy the moog synth. deal?

[clintlove]

Re: A Mind-Controlled Musical InstrumentShare

How about you just put a funny hat on and point up and down? I'll hum high and low pitches. That's alot cheaper and much more entertaining.

[Bender420]

Re: A Mind-Controlled Musical InstrumentShare

because i have a fear that you will one day mistake my fingers for cheetos and eat them!