Suit Allows Users to Create Music through Movement
From: The Engineer (UK) - 07/03/2012
By: Stephen Harris 

Singer Imogen Heap performed at the recent TED Global 2012 conference in
Edinburgh wearing a musical suit, which gave her a greater opportunity to
create and manipulate sound and control music through the movement of her
body. The suit covered Heap's hands, arms, and upper torso, and included
light-emitting diodes and haptic technology to provide feedback. Heap was
involved in the development of the musical suit, along with a team of
electronic, software, and sound engineers, and a fashion designer and artist
from Bristol University, the University of the West of England, and Queen
Mary, University of London. "[W]ith all the mapping and the toolbox you've
got, you can be playing an instrument at the same time as coupling together
many aspects of the production side of things and controlling it in real
time," says Bristol researcher Seb Madgwick. Microphones on the wrists
capture sounds, and signals from sensors run through a central processor on
the wearer's back that is wirelessly connected to a nearby computer. The
computer uses music production software to convert movements into sounds in
real time. 

Read the entire article and view a video (9:52) at:
http://www.theengineer.co.uk/sectors/electronics/news/suit-allows-users-to-create-music-through-movement/1013068.article

Links:
Live music production system is controlled by hand gestures
http://www.theengineer.co.uk/sectors/electronics/news/live-music-production-system-is-controlled-by-hand-gestures/1009430.article

She has music in her hands
http://blog.ted.com/2012/06/29/she-has-music-in-her-hands-imogen-heap-at-tedglobal-2012/