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Hacking my arm prosthesis to output CV so that it plugs into my synth [video]

125 pointsby miobrienabout 5 years ago

11 comments

floatingatollabout 5 years ago
Previously on HN (46 comments, 2 months ago):<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=22342314" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=22342314</a>
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kitotikabout 5 years ago
Good lord.<p>I guess I knew this was possible, but seeing it in practice is something else entirely.<p>I wonder if it’s output unipolar 0-10v or bipolar -5&#x2F;+5 and how that “feels” to the user.
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gcatalfamoabout 5 years ago
This is so fucking amazing. The “mind control” DJ is definitely a concert I would attend. I wonder how much extendable is the prototype.
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pdkl95about 5 years ago
Wow, that&#x27;s a really cool project! I love the modular design of the prosthesis that allowed the hand to be quickly exchanged with the CV output module. I wonder how many independent signals you could learn to control using this type of interface? I suspect at <i>least</i> ~5 per arm (&gt;=1 per finger), similar to the fingering used for piano&#x2F;guitar&#x2F;etc?<p>While it isn&#x27;t remotely as cool as controlling CV with you mind... someday I should convert my Nintendo Power Glove into denkitribe&#x27;s SynthGlove[1] MIDI controller.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=qpLkX7X37D4" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=qpLkX7X37D4</a>
twomoretimeabout 5 years ago
I was thinking, I&#x27;d consider hacking off an arm if I could control a machine with the stub, and then I realized, one likely does not need to remove any appendages to interact with such a mind body interface. The future is coming.
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nwsmabout 5 years ago
Awesome. I wonder how much control he has over the output. I assume it&#x27;s easy for him to hit min or max, but can he be accurate in the middle?
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lilSebastianabout 5 years ago
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=22342314" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=22342314</a>
kylekabout 5 years ago
This is so rad- I love that the prosthesis designers are so excited to work with him on this. Really need to ditch those cables for bluetooth though.
zadlerabout 5 years ago
I wonder how many channels he can get up to.
alexgodinabout 5 years ago
This is exactly the type of content I come to HN for.
sevencolorsabout 5 years ago
That is fucking rad.