Forearm-Mounted Synthetic Instrumentation Device (F.M.S.I.D.)

One of the ways that Lonnie wanted to contribute to both the worlds of atomic invention and music was through a portable, personal, instrumentation device. The idea was to give the user an easily-accessible musical instrument that could be used at any time, at any place, for any reason.

The design was simple enough, and was in-fact more of a software matter than a hardware one. Lonnie took a functional, albeit slightly older, wrist-mounted personal computer and programmed it to display and function as a tiny piano. From there, Lonnis continued to add more and more features, sounds, and synthesized instruments until it became too difficult for the FMSID's atomic batteries to keep up with, and would only function as long as it was connected to a larger power-source. It needed a fusion core, but was much too small to accommodate one.

Unwilling to scrap the design, Lonnie sought an alternative. Lonnie rewired his least-critically-failed Melodibot-Series Robotic Musician to redirect power from it's fusion core to the FMSID, and mounted the device on the bot's arm. He then fitted the Melodibot with synthetic human fingers in order that it could interact with the device's on-screen inputs.

After a few runs of trial and error, the combination proved to be a winning one. Lonnie had invented both a new form of instrumentation, and a musician to use it.