Researchers Develop T-Shirt That Translates Air Guitar Into PC Music

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 13, 2006 - 2:41pm.

Canberra, Australia - Researchers in Australia have developed a T-shirt with built-in motion sensors that can translate air guitar playing into actual notes played back by a computer, the Associated Press reported.

A team from the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization that included researchers in computing, chemistry, electronics, music composition and textile manufacture developed the "wearable instrument shirt."

"It's an easy-to-use, virtual instrument that allows real-time music making even by players without significant musical or computing skills," Richard Helmer, the engineer who leads the research team, told AP.

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