Air Guitar T-Shirt

Scientists at the CSIRO's Textile and Fibre Technology division in Geelong have woven electronic sensors into a T-shirt so that it can be played liked a real guitar.

Movements by the wearer's arms are mapped and beamed by radio to a computer which interprets them and turns them into musical notes.

The wearer only has to act out playing the instrument to make sounds.

"The left arm chooses a note and the right arm plays it," said Richard Helmer, a CSIRO chemical engineer who led the project. The arrangement can be reversed for left-handed musicians.

When I first read about this I thought it was a put on. I've changed my mind after watching the video. When you are watching it, keep in mind that the player is only playing limited chords to a backing track that includes lead guitar. There seems to be a noticeable lag which is inherent in synth guitars too.