Soundgarten – a tangible interface

by det on September 08th 2006 to interfaces

The Soundgarten is a tangible interface to create sound environments aimed at childreen beween the ages of 3 and 7. It aims to explore three goals:

  • to produce tools for early musical education and training of acoustic perception
  • to encourage collaborative action
  • to develop new approaches in the field of Human Computer Interaction (HCI)

The different sounds are represented by mushroom-shaped items and it is possible to manipulate the sound by plugging in flower and leaf-formed items into the mushrooms.

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audioshaker

by det on September 08th 2006 to interfaces

The Audio Shaker was developed by Tom Jenkins. The device has a cylindrical form with a removeable lid. When the lid is removed sounds can be captured, with the lid on the sounds can be played back and manipulated depending on how the user shakes the device, removing the lid and tipping the device like a jug pours out the sounds.

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