Electrocardiophone

An electrocardiophone or cardiophone is a musical instrument or diagnostic tool which uses heart waves (measured in the same way as an ECG) to generate or modulate sounds.

These were used in a series of concert performances in 2003 [http://www.chartattack.com/damn/PrintThis.cfm?ID=2003031804 DECONcert: Music For Cyborgs] .

James Fung, Ariel Garten, and Steve Mann (~2003) have createda wide variety of underwater biophone systems that use physiologicalsignals to control different musical variables in an intericate way,as well as to actually generate sounds,including underwater ECG and EEG concerts [http://wearcam.org/icmc2007/] .

The electrocardiophone is a quintephone in the sense that it createssound from the "5th classical element" (i.e. from beyond the world of matter).

Related concepts

The electrocardiophone is related to the electroencephalophone.In addition to sound-production, regenerative brainwave musical performances use brainwave interfaces to modify or manipulate or play along with sounds of other instruments in a live performance context.

ee also

*Electroencephalophone

External links

* [http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/36/6/975 The Electrocardiophone A New Instrument for Rapid Bedside Diagnosis of Cardiac Arrhythmias]
* [http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/citation/83/2165/627-a A LOW COST ELECTROCARDIOPHONE FOR TEACHING PURPOSES]