Hacking my arm prosthesis to connect it to a synth - Hackatune 2026 Music Tech Showcase
Hacking my arm prosthesis to connect it to a synth - Hackatune 2026 Music Tech Showcase
Presenter: Bertolt Meyer is a professor at the Institute of Psychology at Chemnitz University of Technology. He is also a DJ, producer and avowed modular enthusiast, who was born without his lower left arm. Instead of allowing this to hinder his creative pursuits, he hacked a prosthetic to create something truly special.
What to Expect: Presented as a special feature of Hackatune 2026 by Munich Music Labs, this session is open to both hackathon participants and the general public. Where does the musician end and the instrument begin? This hybrid workshop and live musical showcase explores the dissolving boundary between human physiology and electronic sound. Having found his original prosthetic hand impractical for controlling his modular setup, Meyer began researching the possibilities of improving his creative experience by essentially shortening the signal flow between mind and action.
The result is what he refers to as his ‘Syn-limb’ - a hacked prosthetic built with the help of Christian Zollner at KOMA Elektronik and his husband Daniel Theiler, which allows Meyer to control some parameters of his modular setup with muscular signals sent directly from his mind.
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This workshop is open to the public, held in person, and presented as an official segment of Hackatune 2026.
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