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Scientists Create Air Guitar T-shirt

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the my-talent-gets-its-due dept.

onco_p53 writes "Australian scientists have invented a T-shirt that allows air guitarists to play actual music as they strum the air. The shirt has sensors in each elbow and sleeves to detect and interpret the air guitarist's arm movements — one arm chooses chords and the other strums imaginary strings. The gestures are then connected wirelessly to guitar audio samples to generate the music. Check out the video!"

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  1. Re:Wouldn't it have been easier to... by Perey · · Score: 3, Informative

    That got modded insightful?

    Heck, this whole discussion has gotten off to a bad start. Maybe it's the video that did it; too many people are seeing this as a gimmick or even a fake, just because 'it doesn't look right'. The ABC's coverage does a better job than the SMH, methinks, and of course there's the CSIRO's own release.

    This shirt is real. The idea is to get people interested in the idea of this sort of wearable technology. There are more practical applications being put forward by the team behind it. That's not to say they're not going to try and market this one, though.