Power of mind

[Gavin]

Thinking up beautiful music,

Musicians may soon be able to play instruments using just the power of the mind.

Researchers at Goldsmiths, University of London have developed technology to translate thoughts into musical notes.

The Brain Computer Interface for Music requires electrodes to be attached to the head.

They pick up electrical impulses from the brain which are passed through an electroencephalography (EEG) machine and analysed.

When musical notes flash the scientist stares at the display while thinking of a note he wants to play.

When the same note appears it unconsciously triggers a change in his brain activity - a change registered by the computer he was plugged into.

[0=]

Maybe I can finally play drums XD

[Gavin]

I quite like the idea of playing in your mind, but wether that will be still remains to be seen.

[Mzor203]

That's just cheating. You can't really call yourself a musician unless you play an actual instrument.

[0=]

What if you lost your hands but thought up beautiful music? I really don't give a shit how skilled someone is, as long as the music's good. Traditionally you had to be very skilled to make good music, though.

[Hyper]

Well in theory musicians could also make real music with this :P

[Mzor203]

Yes, it would be quite cool for the disabled person. Though I just think it would be a lot more fun and rewarding to play and learn a real instrument. Something like this would be easy to master unless there were puposefully thrown in obstacles.

[0=]

Music is always improved with technology. Even skilled musicians could be potentially better. If you're doing something with your mind you can do it faster than your fingers can move.

[Mzor203]

That goes without saying,I can play like 100 notes per second in my mind!

[Serenity]

That would be so
frigging
AWESOME!!

[theOperaGhost]

That sounds really interesting. Maybe then I would be able to actually compose music. I can think of some stuff, but I'm too lazy to actually write it down. From what I understand, this sounds like it would make composing easier.

[Gavin]

I think i should of made a poll...