The beat machine

• Autores: Aviva Rutkin
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2959, 2014, pág. 17
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Jason Barnes had wanted to be a professional drummer since he was a teenager. But when he lost his arm in a freak accident he thought his dream was over. Now he has a second chance at the big time--thanks to a brand new robotic arm. Barnes lost the lower half of his right arm two years ago, after getting an electric shock while cleaning a vent hood in a restaurant. But he refused to give up on his musical dream, so he built a simple drumming device out of a brace and some springs that attached to his arm. Although Barnes couldn't play quite as adeptly as before the accident, he was able to enroll at the Atlanta Institute of Music and Media in Georgia, and to make plans for a future career in music. Here, Rutkin discusses how Barnes' prosthetic arm will let him live his drumming dream in his first gig this month--but it also adds its own rhythms inspired by jazz greats.