Hi Tech T-Shirt Really Rocks


	Hi Tech T-Shirt Really Rocks

haraya

11-14-2006 12:55 AM

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technology, music, air guitar, guitar, entertainment, fun, clothes, invention

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11-14-2006 1:05 AM

coconutshell

Ooooo!! I can soooo see myself doing the Keith Richards hop/skip thing..

no fear of tripping on cords....only my own 2 feet

11-14-2006 1:17 AM

haraya

LOL!

Hey cool! Our tags are alphabetized! Is that a new feature or am I being unobservant again? Ehe.

11-15-2006 10:44 AM

Laustere

Awesome!

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/5c2b8b41-400d-446e-ae2f-187d5eb5b8f2/E5EDAB64-D31A-44FB-8B9A-181DE02E6AAE/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/air-guitar-down-to-a-t-shirt/2006/11/13/1163266457568.html" href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/air-guitar-down-to-a-t-shirt/2006/11/13/1163266457568.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.smh.com.au</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/air-guitar-down-to-a-t-shirt/2006/11/13/1163266457568.html"><P>It's called the WIS - the Wearable Instrument Shirt - and it is
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in Geelong have woven electronic sensors into a T-shirt so that it
can be played liked a real guitar.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/air-guitar-down-to-a-t-shirt/2006/11/13/1163266457568.html"><P>Movements by the wearer's arms are mapped and beamed by radio to
a computer which interprets them and turns them into musical
notes.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/air-guitar-down-to-a-t-shirt/2006/11/13/1163266457568.html"><P>The wearer only has to act out playing the instrument to make
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Richard Helmer, a CSIRO chemical engineer who led the project. The
arrangement can be reversed for left-handed musicians.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/air-guitar-down-to-a-t-shirt/2006/11/13/1163266457568.html"><P>"You can play with yours hands above your head," said Dr Helmer.
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