If you're like me, and love music, then some recent engineering innovations geared toward the music lover will surely delight you! While we all can't be Tchaikovsky, that doesn't mean our level of enjoying - and in some cases creating - music can't be magnified. Take the O-Bow, created by UK-based technology lecturer Dylan Menzies which translates data from an optical sensor and keyboard into violin music. Specifically, he notes, the optical flow sensor monitors the speed and angle of a (real) bow when it is moved across indented grooves on the top of it. The keyboardist turned violinist uses a keyboard to choose the notes to be played. So, in theory, any competent keyboard player can "virtually" become a violin prodigy in an instant!
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