Dr Richard Helmer from CSIRO Textiles and Fibre Technology playing an air guitar.
Playing the air guitar
In this podcast, Dr Richard Helmer talks about a shirt that lets the user play real music on an air guitar. (5:00)
- 13 November 2006 | Updated 25 November 2011
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In a project intended to demonstrate the potential of technical textiles, a team at CSIRO, led by Dr Richard Helmer, created an objectless musical instrument, or 'air guitar'.
It works by embedding sensors into a shirt, allowing a computer to recognising and interpreting arm movements and produce the sounds of the instrument.
In this podcast, Dr Helmer talks about how the air guitar shirt works and how the same technology could be used for:
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computer control
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sports medicine
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rehabilitation after injuries
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diving.
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