{"id":4332,"date":"2020-01-21T12:06:43","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T17:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=4332"},"modified":"2020-01-16T14:10:33","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T19:10:33","slug":"sound-shirts-hearing-the-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=4332","title":{"rendered":"Sound shirts:  Hearing the music!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Sound-shirt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4331\" src=\"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Sound-shirt.jpg\" alt=\"Black turtleneck long sleeve shirt with gray patches and lines on it. 4 patches are illuminated.\" width=\"285\" height=\"160\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week I wanted to share out a product from my home (the United Kingdom).&nbsp; The Sound Shirt is a wearable haptic device that has been designed for deaf and hard of hearing people to feel the music. &nbsp;The device is made by Cute Circuit based in London. This particular shirt features 30 <strong>micro-actuators embedded in the shirt and<\/strong>&nbsp;these sensors translate the sound in real-time, tactually based on the unique to each piece of music being performed.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/sound-shirt-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4330\" src=\"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/sound-shirt-2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Woman wearing blue long sleeve shirt with lighter blue lines running on sleeves and body.\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/sound-shirt-2-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/sound-shirt-2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/sound-shirt-2-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/sound-shirt-2.jpg 818w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the sound shirt please click the next link.&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/technology\/cute-circuit-deaf-people-feel-music-skin-soundshirt-haptic-sensors-10-04-2019\/\">https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/technology\/cute-circuit-deaf-people-feel-music-skin-soundshirt-haptic-sensors-10-04-2019\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for reading,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Andrew<\/p>\n<div class=\"al2fb_like_button\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=149587675112835\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));\n<\/script>\n<fb:like href=\"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=4332\" layout=\"standard\" show_faces=\"true\" share=\"false\" width=\"450\" action=\"like\" font=\"arial\" colorscheme=\"light\" ref=\"AL2FB\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week I wanted to share out a product from my home (the United Kingdom).&nbsp; The Sound Shirt is a wearable haptic device that has been designed for deaf and hard of hearing people to feel the music. &nbsp;The device is made by Cute Circuit based in London. 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