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In April of 2016, Seattle choir director and fifth-grade teacher Margaret Haney checked into the emergency room with an unusual problem — suddenly, she couldn’t sing. Haney had been in the classroom, ...

Most musical instruments require nimble fingers, good hand-eye coordination and sometimes, a lot of energy in order to play them. But a new instrument doesn't require any movement at all. The only ...

Dubbed the encephalophone, the instrument uses a method for recording brain activity called the electroencephalogram (EEG) to control a synthesizer. Sounds are generated via two different types of ...

Neurologists have created a hands-free, thought-controlled musical instrument. They hope that this new instrument will help empower and rehabilitate patients with motor disabilities such as those from ...

SEATTLE – In April of 2016, Seattle choir director and fifth-grade teacher Margaret Haney checked into the emergency room with an unusual problem – suddenly, she couldn't sing. Haney had been in the ...

The instrument may help empower and rehabilitate patients with motor disabilities Washington: Scientists have created a hands-free musical instrument that allows people to play music with their ...

Bill Radke talks with Dr. Thomas Deuel, a musician, neuroscientist and inventor of the encephalophone, an instrument you play with your brainwaves. Deuel explains why he was inspired to create the ...

SEATTLE-In April of 2016, Seattle choir director and fifth-grade teacher Margaret Haney checked into the emergency room with an unusual problem-suddenly, she couldn't sing. Haney had been in the ...

It can be challenging to be good at piano if you have short fingers, at trumpet if you have low lung capacity, or at drums if you can’t coordinate your hands and feet. For those of us who relate to ...