Research
paper, published in Proceedings of the
Association of Computing Machinery ACM Multimedia 2006,
October 23-27, 2006, Santa Barbara, CA
Citation information and abstract:
Mann, S. 2006. The andantephone: a musical
instrument that you play by simply walking.
In Proceedings of the 14th Annual ACM international Conference
on Multimedia (Santa Barbara, CA, USA, October 23 - 27, 2006).
MULTIMEDIA '06. ACM Press, New York, NY, 181-184.
DOI=http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1180639.1180691
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Imagine a paper tape attached to your body as you walk along. The faster you
walk, the faster you pull the paper tape through a music box or orchestron,
so the faster the music plays. If you stop walking, the music stops.
Improved andantephone using sensor pads manufactured by London Mat:
See and hear an andantephone made from London Mat square sensor pads
in a linear array.
See and hear an andantephone made from London Mat square sensor pads
in a square array: