For the second episode in our series Telling Our Stories: In Conversation, from Music spoke with from Health Sciences, revealing some unexpected connections.
Here’s the moment in the聽advanced technologies聽Cheryl has access to, which聽allow聽researchers to capture an聽increasingly detailed range of motion, such as the subtle workings of a person’s hands.
Referring to a previous at the University, . Operated via face tracking technology, a user would only need to tilt their head and open and close their mouth to generate musical notes.
Richard discusses the opportunity this sort of technology would provide聽musicians who have either lost the use of their聽hand(s) or lost their hands entirely and聽who could now聽gain the ability to play聽virtual instruments.聽Thinking of quadriplegic individuals, Cheryl reflects on the ‘whole new world of expression’ this technology could afford them.
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Our next episode of In Conversation is due to take place Tuesday, 28 June. Look out for a post on SUSSED聽later this聽week, which will explain how you can book a ticket.
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