Musical instruments will become obsolete in the future if scientists at CSIRO have their way.Scientists at the CSIRO's Textile and Fibre Technology division in Geelong have woven electronic sensors into a T-shirt so that it can be played liked a real guitar.
Movements by the wearer's arms are mapped and beamed by radio to a computer which interprets them and turns them into musical notes.
The wearer only has to act out playing the instrument to make sounds. "The left arm chooses a note and the right arm plays it," said Richard Helmer, a CSIRO chemical engineer who led the project. The arrangement can be reversed for left-handed musicians.
Don’t forget to check out the videos of the wearable instrument shirt in action.
Videos: CSIRO
Source & Image: The Age
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