{"376121":{"#nid":"376121","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Watch a Drummer with a Dual-Stick Robotic Arm Play His First Live Show","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA month ago we first heard\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/motherboard.vice.com\/read\/the-cyborg-drummer-has-arrived\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eabout the robotic drumming prosthetic\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;used by drummer Jason Barnes, and just this weekend Barnes put on his first performance with a live band. It\u0027s nothing short of remarkable.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe arm was designed by the team of\u0026nbsp;Prof. Gil Weinberg,\u0026nbsp;founding director of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gtcmt.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Center for Music Technology\u003C\/a\u003E, to replace a previous prosthesis that Barnes used for drumming. The device is a marvel, with controls for a pair of drumsticks, one\u0026nbsp;controlled by Barnes himself, and another by\u0026nbsp;electronic controls, especially for rolls, as well as\u0026nbsp;an algorithm-based control that can help Barnes drop in fills.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28008","created_gmt":"2015-02-10 09:52:46","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:23:49","author":"Bobby Macedonia","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"kent linthicum","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/motherboard.vice.com\/read\/watch-a-drummer-with-a-dual-stick-robotic-arm-play-his-first-live-show","dateline":{"date":"2014-04-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-04-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"69599","name":"IPaT"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}