The technology created with the mind
represents one of the areas that grow fastest in the development of it. Controlling
things with just mental action, via an EEG device or a wireless connection is
not only highly stimulating from a science fiction perspective that it is now
real. In some aspects, this is very practical – especially for people with
physical disabilities. Moving objects with the mind takes us to a kind of
supernatural power. Arthur C. Clarke, British science fiction author,
affirms, "A sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from
magic."
Playing
this quasi-magical aspect of technology, Mats J. Siversten, a contemporary artist,
created a musical instrument played with the mental power. The instrument, combining
the archetypal feminine form of the shell, is connected to an EEG band that
reads brain waves of the user, in which it controls the audio characteristics. In
order to control the sound, you should train a few minutes. Time is also used
by this intelligent shell to make a brain profile of the user.
This neuro-instrument is also an art
installation and the sounds that are generated through the shell parallel
unfold as light pulses showing that light and sound can sometimes be two
manifestations of the same transmission. Even though the music that it can be
produced by this “music-instrument” does not yet come to the sophistication and
richness in sound, you can get it with other devices. SubConch is only the
beginning of a device that will open a new dimension, erasing the line between
the artist and technology.
The following video is an example of
how this device works. It is really interesting to see how a connection between
mind and technology can create things that we would never imagine. You have to click here.
What do you think of this
instrument? Do you believe that this is a good opportunity for people who cannot
play an instrument because they have some kind of disability?
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