November 7, 2008

Cellphone app will get air guitarists wailing

Gil Weinberg's smart gesture-recognition software turns ordinary cellphones into musical instruments.

quotemarksright.jpgSeveral people playing together can jam like a band says Weinberg, a music technologist at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. Commuters regularly assailed by tinny recorded music played on other passengers' phones might not share his enthusiasm, but air guitarists and would-be drummers will probably be delighted.quotesmarksleft.jpg

[via New Scientist]