Tune In, Drop Out
From: Discover Magazine - 10/25/2012
By: Steve Nadis

A computer scientist at Georgia Tech, Thad Starner is coinventor of Mobile
Music Touch (MMT), which teaches people to play simple melodies while they
focus on something else—or on nothing at all. Students using MMT were able to
learn the first 45 notes of “Amazing Grace” in half an hour while studying
for GRE exams. 

Starner realized MMT might also help people with spinal cord injuries. 

Now, Starner wants to see if MMT might help stroke patients regain hand
control. He’s also eager to program devices that teach other skills - braille
or stenography, for instance.  

Read the entire article at:
http://discovermagazine.com/2012/dec/29-tune-in-drop-out

Links:
Mobile Music Touch
http://www.gtcmt.gatech.edu/research-projects/mobile-music-touch

Thad Starner
http://www.ic.gatech.edu/people/thad-starner