Onyx Ashanti
Futurist | Immersive Technology and Transhumanism
About
Onyx Ashanti is a pioneering artist and technologist at the forefront of immersive experiences. As a TED Fellow, he has showcased his self-made instruments and interactive performances that fuse music, robotics, and the human body.
Ashanti's work explores the boundaries between technology and the self, envisioning a future where human and machine converge. His captivating keynotes reveal how emerging technologies like neural interfaces and biodigital hybrids will transform creative expression, productivity, and the very nature of being human.
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This is beatjazz
Musician and inventor Onyx Ashanti demonstrates "beatjazz" -- his music created with two handheld controllers, an iPhone and a mouthpiece, and played with the entire body. At TED's Full Spectrum Auditions, after locking in his beats and loops, he plays a 3-minute song that shares his vision for the future of music.
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