Tod Machover

Tod Machover is a musician and scientific researcher who frequently integrates technology with musical performance. He currently works at MIT, where he leads a project which designs mechanically-enhanced musical instruments.

Since 1985, Machover has led a MIT-based lab in creating technologically-enhanced versions of traditional instruments. Called hyperinstruments, the instruments are modified in order to alter or simplify playing techniques, and modify or extend the sonic range of the instruments beyond what would normally be possible.Helsinki Institute of Technology: Hyperinstruments (November 17, 2006)

• MIT Media Lab: Tod Machover