250A FirstIdeas 2013

Parameters of Musical Instrument/Controller Design

Teaches you something

Jammability/Plays well with others

Coolness for Musician/Garners Attention

Sense of Humor/Surprise

Dance while playing

unique sound

does something the human body can't do

souvenier

awareness augmentuation

Ritual

Ritual/Play

Community

Learnability/Hope

Looks - allignment with purpose

Appropriate resonator

Tactile feel and quality

Tactile feedback for precision

Gesture influenced timbre and dynamics

Precision of notes

Extendability and flexibility

Durability

Ease of Use

Fun

Availability

Context in Daily Life

Rock and Roll

Expressivity

Sense of Wonder

Pressure Sensitivity

Dynamic Range

Musical Range

Good Sensors

Value

Robustness

Control

Affordability

Portability

Modularity

Personalization

Danger Zones

Technology Failure

Moving parts

Temperature/light humidity, noise, electronic field instability

Long metal or long cables

Physics

Feature Creep

One-off parts

Overextension of:

computer power

time

$

skills

==Minimum Viable Product

Need

Want

Nice to have

Alon Devorah

Andrew Forsyth

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocoder

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Brandon Cheung

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I found 2 sort of related papers.

First is a Frequency content of Breath Pressure -- http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2005/nime2005_093.pdf

And then, another project which doesn't use a mask, but does visual based visualization of breathing -- http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2009/nime2009_153.pdf

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Brie Bunge

Cooper Newby

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Research/Comments: Space Mouse Driver

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Dan Somen

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David Bordow

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David Grunzweig

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Elliot Kermit-Canfield

Emily Graber

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Erich Peske

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Gabriele Carotti-Sha

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Gina Collecchia

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Kevin says:
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/WWII-Vintage-Air-Raid-Tornado-siren-/141095996476 (Iowa)

Light sirens available locally:
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Justin Li

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Kevin McElroy

Research/Comments: Orchestra d'Mastication

Research/Comments: Baby Farts!

Research/Comments: Guts

Research/Comments: Sleep: The Musical Instrument
http://www.sleep-tests.co.uk/polysomnography.php
The PSG or polysomnogram, as the test is referred to, measures or monitors many body functions including the eye movements (EOG), brain (EEG), heart rhythm (ECG), skeletal muscle activation (EMG), and breathing or respiratory effort during sleep
Usually at least 11 channels (wires) to the patient's head, takes 1-2 hours to set up.
Of the eleven channels, two are for EEG - to determine if the person is indeed sleeping and in what stage of sleep he/she is at a given time - one channel to measure air flow, one channel each to sense chin and leg movements, two channels to measure REM, one channel each for EKG and oxygen saturation, and one for recording the chest and abdominal wall movements. All these channels are then wired to a computer where it is deciphered into readable attributes and stored for future reference or record. A live video of the sleeping patient is also recorded so that the supervising technician could observe the patient from an adjacent room. The same clips may also be used by the doctor for further diagnosis of the patient. Despite all the wires attached to the patient, interestingly, it has been found that few patients ever have any problems sleeping whilst under observation. Most of them stated they even slept better in the lab than at home.