Mobile Music Touch From: Stanford CS547 Seminar - 04/01/2011 By: Thad Starner - Georgia Tech The loss of functionality of the hands can severely interrupt a person's life, and hand rehabilitation can be a long, arduous process. In fact, many patients find certain traditional therapy exercises, such as squeezing an object for several hours a day, or other simple strengthening exercises, monotonous and un-motivating. Thus we propose the Mobile Music Touch (MMT) system as an engaging, pervasive hand rehabilitation aid. MMT consists of a wireless tactile glove, with a vibration motor for each finger, and a lightweight computing device such as an MP3 player or a smart phone. When instrumental music is played (such as piano or saxophone), the tactile glove vibrates the fingers to indicate which fingers play which notes. Thus with MMT, users can hear a song and feel it playing on their hands. The MMT system can augment the stimulation of the afferent (sensory) nerves, motivate patients to use their hands in a fun way, and teach them the enjoyable and relaxing skill of playing an instrument, which may further motivate long term hand use. Read more at: https://wiki.cc.gatech.edu/designcomp/index.php/Mobile_Music_Touch Links: Wearable Computing: Assimilating the Next Generation of 'Borg http://hci.stanford.edu/courses/cs547/speaker.php?date=2011-04-01 "Mobile Music Touch" glove for the aspiring pianists http://www.gizmodiva.com/home_gadgets/mobile_music_touch_glove_for_the_aspiring_pianists.php# The Gloved One: Tech Researchers Hone Fingertip Musicianship http://www.gvu.gatech.edu/node/5087 Robot Glove Video http://65.168.17.130/MVSavedClips/bd345f14-9b3e-48a8-be82-6a0d382c6fce.wmv Other projects: BrainSign - a Brain Computer Interface effort which attempts to recognize sign language by scanning the user's motor cortex Thumbcode - a Device-Independent Digital Sign Language http://www.docstoc.com/docs/37351397/Thumbcode-A-Device-Independent-Digital-Sign-Language