In romantic notions, they always say that music and the instrument has to be a part of your body. Feel it, understand it, and know it. Or at least that is what the import was from that one movie I watched some time ago. Working to make musical instruments much like a part of the body, two Ph.D music students at the Input Devices and Music Interaction Lab of the McGill University in Montreal, Canada have designed prosthetic instruments that can be worn, and they play according to the dance movements of the wearer.
Students Joseph Mallock and Ian Hattwick, working under the guidance of IDMIL director Marcelo Wanderley have spent three years on the project. In that time, they worked with dancers, composers and musicians to fine tune the idea.
The music prosthetics are 3D printed and articulated to match various organs and limbs on the dancer/musician’s body. They are internally lit through LEDs and make use of several sensors to read body movement and translate the same into corresponding music notes.
Via IDMIL, cnet
