Shirts allow inner guitarist more than just air

SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) -- Australian scientists have invented a T-shirt that allows air guitarists to play actual music as they strum the air.

The T-shirt, created by scientists from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), is called a "wearable instrument shirt."

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.

"It's an easy-to-use, virtual instrument that allows real-time music making, even by players without significant musical or computing skills," said CSIRO engineer Richard Helmer.

"It allows you to jump around and the sound generated is just like an original mp3," Helmer said in a statement on Monday.

Researchers specializing in computing, musical composition and textile manufacture combined their skills to create the musical T-shirt.

"The technology, which is adaptable to almost any kind of apparel, takes clothing beyond its traditional role of protection and fashion into the realms of entertainment," Helmer said.

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i can imagine folks walking down the street wearing one of those...stopping to get into air guitar battles with other people wearing the same shirt.


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[Edited 11/13/06 7:31am]

More TALENTLESS junk.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

I can't wait for the day.

minneapolisgenius said:

My shirt goes to 11.

will these shirts come with built-in marshall stacks?

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

most importantly, will they have a whammy bar?

sinisterpentatonic said:

that could be possible...probably tugging somewhere towards the bottom of the t-shirt would function as a whammy bar.

That is just....retarded!

I like it!!!

lilgish said:

Of course it does.