Software Helps Musicians Stop Slouching by Ruining Their Music
From: New Scientist - 02/10/2017
By: Timothy Revell

Researchers at the Royal College of Music, London in the UK have developed
the Musician's Mirror, software that identifies when musicians' posture is
poor and gives them an audible notification. Users can take advantage of the
software by inputting images of themselves adopting good and bad posture, and
then highlighting the parts of the body on which they want the system to
focus. The musicians then practice their instrument in front of a depth
camera. If the musicians start to slouch, they receive an audible warning in
the form of white noise for an acoustic instrument, and out-of-tune notes for
an electric instrument. If their posture becomes worse, the warning sound
becomes more jarring. After the practice session is over, the system produces
a "heat map" in the form of a single image representing the player's most
common postures.

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