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youtube.com - 10/28/2009

Electronic Rock Guitar Shirt from ThinkGeek (video)

— youtube.com — Why lug around an axe, cables and amplifier when you can wear everything you need on your... chest? This shirt features a touch-sensitive guitar fret you can re... (more) Electronic Rock Guitar Shirt from ThinkGeek (video)

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thinkgeek.com - 10/28/2009

Electronic Rock Guitar Shirt

— thinkgeek.com — Wearable ROCK! Here at ThinkGeek were just wishing for a fully playable guitar built into a t-shirt... when along came the Pixie of ROCK... she wailed with face melting guitar solo and *POOF* there it was in our hands... The Electronic Rock Guitar Shirt. ... (more) Electronic Rock Guitar Shirt

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engadget.com - 10/27/2009

Football Hero mod takes Arduino to the Kasabian-approved big leagues (video)

— engadget.com — Some folks say less is more, but we'll bet they never saw Guitar Hero being played by... kicking footballs against a giant wall. This epic undertaking will give your plastic axe a major inadequacy complex with its huge wall-mounted piezo vibration ... (more) Football Hero mod takes Arduino to the Kasabian-approved ...

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Ultimate Air Guitar Hero
MAKE Magazine — ... as this. By using a standard electromyograph attached to the forearm, researchers at Microsoft's Muscle-Computer Interface group were able to determine the position and pressure of all five fingers. Sure, this might be useful for hands-free interfaces of the future... but wouldn't it be so much more fun to finally bring your awesome air guitar skills to Guitar Hero?! via waxy and procrastineering. Read more | Permalink | Comments | ...

Air Guitar Hero Lets You Shred Sans Plastic Guitars [Gaming]
Gizmodo — ... How badass is this? In all honesty, overpriced toy instruments cluttering up my living room is one of the big reasons I almost never play Rock Band or Guitar Hero games anymore. This looks to solve that problem while also bringing all of my air guitar fantasies to life. [Procrastineering via ...

Wonder At The Guitar Hero Muscle Controller [Clips]
Kotaku — ... at the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, looks far less precise, far more finger straining than playing with traditional plastic. But the work done here by Scott Saponas, a PhD student at the University of Washington, and his peers could provide some of the tactile feedback missing from other motion control options, like Microsoft's Project Natal. The non-gaming applications are just as fascinating, especially the theoretical car door opening baby carriage. Guitar Hero without a guitar [Procrastineering] Send an email to Michael McWhertor, the author of ...

Microsoft researchers build muscle-computer interface, play air Guitar Hero
Engadget — ... Legendary DIYer Johnny Chung Lee may have only been with Microsoft for a few months, but it looks like he's already making his presence felt, even when he's not working on projects himself. His latest effort involves getting videos from the User Interface Software ...

Muscle sensors: next big thing in game control?
Techradar - All the latest technology news — ... Procrastineering notes that one of their favorite projects this year "was a muscle sensing system that (among other things) allows you to play Guitar Hero without a guitar". ...

Science makes Air Guitar Hero a reality
Joystiq — University of Washington Ph.D. student Scott Saponas demonstrated his muscle-movement interface for computer systems, by using it to control a familiar application: Guitar Hero. The system appears to guess finger movements by reading the signals from muscles in the forearm. The result: a true air guitar experience. In the custom Guitar Hero setup, the player can hold frets simply by touching a finger with his thumb, and strum by, well, strumming the air. See it in action after the break! ...