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Yamaha's Muro Sensor Wireless Music Controller Looks Familiar
Posted by John Mahoney at 3:00 AM on July 25, 2008
Unfazed by Nintendo's Wii Music going over like a lead balloon at E3, Yamaha has its own accelerometer-based motion-controlled music interface that look oh-so familiar. The slightly more adult-looking wands use three accelerometers to feed movements to music software on a PC, and the 2.4GHz wireless receiver can accommodate up to 24 wands at once. It seems as if Yamaha is developing these more for music therapy for the elderly and disabled than entertainment, which sort of puts Wii Music in whole new context. [Tech ON via Fareastgizmos]
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TurboFool
Posted 3:21 AM 25/7/08
Am I really going to be the first one to mention that Mythbusters proved a lead balloon CAN float? Yay for off-topic snarky remarks!
TurboFool
Harlan
Posted 5:29 AM 25/7/08
Not just the first one, the ONLY one. :-) Nice, though.
Harlan
g2drummman
Posted 6:05 AM 25/7/08
Do the people at Giz know what music therapy is? I cannot tell if he was being sarcastic or serious in his article.
g2drummman
Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!
Posted 6:25 AM 25/7/08
@g2drummman: Is it anything like getting a happy ending to the sound of Bjork?
Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!
VideoVampire
Posted 6:49 AM 25/7/08
Music therapy? My kind is Infectious Grooves with Ozzy Osbourne "Therapy" dont need this do do that.
VideoVampire
Soundman1402
Posted 6:29 AM 25/7/08
They look like a pregnancy test...
Anyway, Sony tried this years ago. It was a cool concept, but didn't work that well. I remember an article in Stereo Review, "Doesn't anyone change the volume anymore?" The article pointed out that to change the volume required navigating through some submenus. Also, to use the remote requires the TV to be on. I don't know about the rest of y'all, but I listen to music without the TV being on, usually.
Soundman1402
superjap
Posted 7:47 AM 25/7/08
Hmm, yes my vibrator does look just like that.
superjap
SF_iris
Posted 5:52 AM 26/7/08
Well, many early adopters are used to getting screwed...
SF_iris