pass a trumpet to a youngster and expecting some Louis Armstrong skills is a improbable order , but it ’s potential to get them producing basic tunes with a simple sail of loose leaf . MusicInk allows kids to paint — and play!—a plainly old piece of newspaper like a musical widget .
The prototype kit made a recent visual aspect at Maker Faire Rome . Visitors could test things out by out filling in the instrument - work stencils with a few coating of specialelectronically conductive pigment , then connecting their founding to anArduino Duemilanove boardand Sparkfun MPR121 controller housed in a good bet wooden box , which is linked via bluetooth to a smartphone app .
Up to 12 electrodes can be attached to dissimilar whole kit and caboodle of art at a prison term , which then perform like capacitive sensors ( react to wiretap and swipe in the same way your iPhone might ) , each produce a sound taste from thePhilharmonia Orchestra . Check out the vid below to see the a group of kid having merriment with the process — it ’s pretty impressive to see the small cat tapping out Twinkle Twinkle Little Star .
Though MusicInk as a set is n’t useable for purchase , you could snag a jar of electric pigment from the clever folks atBare Conductivenow if you ’re raring to go with your ownsonic experiments(they’ve have some fun starter ideashere ) . [ PSFK ]
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