Pretty cool new tech for kids
EndersShadow
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I bet you a dollar every kid would love to play with this stuff. Heck even I would enjoy it!
http://gizmodo.com/conductive-paint-turns-plain-old-paper-into-playable-in-1443560126
Conductive Paint Turns Plain Old Paper Into Playable Instruments
Handing a trumpet to a child and expecting some Louis Armstrong skills is a tall order, but its possible to get them producing basic tunes with a simple sheet of loose leaf. MusicInk allows kids to paintand play!a plain old piece of paper like a musical gizmo
The prototype kits made a recent appearance at Maker Faire Rome. Visitors could test things out by out filling in the instrument-shaped stencils with a few coats of special electronically conductive pigment, then connecting their creation to an Arduino Duemilanove board and Sparkfun MPR121 controller housed in a good looking wooden box, which is linked via bluetooth to a smartphone app.
Up to 12 electrodes can be attached to different works of art at a time, which then perform like capacitive sensors (reacting to taps and swipes in the same way your iPhone might), each producing a sound sampled from the Philharmonia Orchestra. Check out the vid below to see the a group of youngsters having fun with the processits pretty impressive to see the little guy tapping out Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
Though MusicInk as a set isnt available for purchase, you can snag a jar of electric paint from the clever folks at Bare Conductive now if youre raring to go with your own sonic experiments (they've got some fun starter ideas here).
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http://gizmodo.com/conductive-paint-turns-plain-old-paper-into-playable-in-1443560126
Conductive Paint Turns Plain Old Paper Into Playable Instruments
Handing a trumpet to a child and expecting some Louis Armstrong skills is a tall order, but its possible to get them producing basic tunes with a simple sheet of loose leaf. MusicInk allows kids to paintand play!a plain old piece of paper like a musical gizmo
The prototype kits made a recent appearance at Maker Faire Rome. Visitors could test things out by out filling in the instrument-shaped stencils with a few coats of special electronically conductive pigment, then connecting their creation to an Arduino Duemilanove board and Sparkfun MPR121 controller housed in a good looking wooden box, which is linked via bluetooth to a smartphone app.
Up to 12 electrodes can be attached to different works of art at a time, which then perform like capacitive sensors (reacting to taps and swipes in the same way your iPhone might), each producing a sound sampled from the Philharmonia Orchestra. Check out the vid below to see the a group of youngsters having fun with the processits pretty impressive to see the little guy tapping out Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
Though MusicInk as a set isnt available for purchase, you can snag a jar of electric paint from the clever folks at Bare Conductive now if youre raring to go with your own sonic experiments (they've got some fun starter ideas here).
<iframe src="//player.vimeo.com/video/59478964" width="500" height="281" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>
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