Costumes play music

Swedish researchers have created a costume that allows wearers to play music by touching it.

In the future, orchestras can make tours easier. Jeannine Han - student of the Swedish School of Textile and Apparel at Boras - and technical expert Dan Riley have built clothes that can play music when touched.

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Riley said the clothing made from fabric has integrated sensors that can reflect when someone approaches or touches it. Jeannine Han thinks that the aesthetic aspect is important and has focused most of the effort on developing fabric samples. She also received the help of the Gothenburg Museum in the production of fabric strings for costumes. The project is called 'Designing a textile for nomads'.'This fabric is for someone who likes to live and want to communicate with people of the same intention, so the sound is inspired by nature,' Han said.

Han said the sound created by the costume above sounded like a harp. The two inventors said the next step in their creative efforts was to find ways to control music better. In order to serve his master's degree, Han and Riley will create a band in which at least one member will wear the dress and play the music themselves. 'We want to develop this technology to simplify the production of apparel above,' Han concludes.

Previously, in 2006, experts from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and the University of Blacksburg (USA) developed an electronic fabric that could track the activity of people with chronic diseases. Accordingly, the wire is woven with fabric. Then, the sensors are installed on the fabric and the signal is transmitted to a computer. Researchers hope their work will contribute to protecting patients' lives.