Psychic Radio

Psychic radio is a technology pioneered by Wilhelm F. Keigel in SY 70 through neurological research on Noveautrea. At it's heart, the technology is an EEG machine connected to an interpretation matrix that acts as an input device for audio output. With training, it allows the inputting user to broadcast their thoughts; the interpretation matrix associates specific brain activity with specific sounds. First conceived of as a tool for neuroscientists and neuropsychologists to measure present states of mind of individuals and for biofeedback therapy. A form of the technology was released as an open source tool and was used by spacers as a computer input device, to control spacecraft, and most famously to broadcast music on specific frequencies. A 'psychic deejay' could, with practice, enter a state of meditation for a period of time and broadcast music the tone of which would vary with their own thoughts and mood. 
It's practical application culminated in the Omniphony, a patented device that allowed Keigel himself -- after decades of training with the basic technology -- to compose music in real time by transposing exactly what sounds he thought into live audio output.
Category:Technology
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