# Inventing instruments that unlock new music

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2008
- Speaker: Tod Machover + Dan Ellsey
- Year: 2008
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health, Literature and writing, Art, architecture and design, Music
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/tod_machover_dan_ellsey_inventing_instruments_that_unlock_new_music)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Tod Machover of MIT's Media Lab is devoted to extending musical expression to everyone, from virtuosos to amateurs, and in the most diverse forms, from opera to video games. He and composer Dan Ellsey shed light on what's next.

## Lectures

1. [Inventing instruments that unlock new music](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/tod_machover_dan_ellsey_inventing_instruments_that_unlock_new_music/d141512c0977), 21 min (TED's player)