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Musical Brain Interface

Via PopSci:

“Paralysis patients could play music with their minds, using a new brain-control interface that senses brain impulses and translates them into musical notes…

Patients with neurodegenerative disorders like Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s can use music to walk to a rhythm or even to trigger memories or emotions. But stroke patients or those with locked-in syndrome can’t interact with music beyond just listening to it. With this system, patients with physical limitations might be able to use music for therapy, too — truly making music the medicine of the mind.”

This opens the possibility for extension into other forms of creativity, including (how did you guess?) art therapy!

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Sonic Wire Sculptor for iPhone

Turn your artwork into sound using this iPhone ap.

“The app is easily graspable and intuitive, allowing someone with no musical or drawing background to lauch it and start exploring. At the same time SWS goes deep and encourages musicians and artists alike to explore new ideas in their craft.”



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Painting with a Tablet PC

Recently on Project Runway, one of the challenges was to design your own fabric using an HP tablet PC. What I found most interesting is how many of the contestants used paint brushes to work on their tablet, rather than a stylus.

Check out the clip below. The drawing part comes at approx 5 minutes into the show.

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Surgical Origami

Origami with the da Vinci Surgical System (Robot Origami) from the Department of Telesurgery and Geomedicine, Kanazawa University, Japan. Norihiko Ishikawa, MD, PhD. The da Vinci Surgical System (Intuitive Surgical, Inc., NASDAQ – ISRG) is a sophisticated robotic platform designed to enable complex surgery using a minimally invasive approach. Intuitive Surgical’s mission is to bring the benefits of minimally invasive surgery to the broadest possible range of patients.