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Clean the Sky - Positive Eco Trends & Breakthroughs

Soundscape is an Interactive Surface That Lets Users 'Touch' the Music

— June 21, 2012 — Art & Design
Instead of DJ-ing to a Macbook where the sound waves of music can be seen with the control of the keyboard, Soundscape allows users to fidget with their fingers to 'move' the sound of music.

It's a controlled musical interactive surface that enables the user to control the music by running the fingers through what looks like a rocky terrain. There's no knobs or switches, but instead a skateboard arena-like surface that slows or fastens the music depending on the touch.

Designer Kale Joines attempts to make users of Soundscape immersed in the music and "instead of being witness to the music, the user can now interact," according to the product site. The underlying circuit board lies beneath the 3D-printed rubber surface and is effected when varying degrees of the surface are triggered.

Trend Themes
1. Interactive Sound Control - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop new interfaces and technologies that allow users to physically interact with and control sound.
2. Tactile Music Experience - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create immersive music experiences that engage the sense of touch and allow users to physically shape and manipulate sound.
3. Gesture-based Music Performance - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Explore the potential of gesture recognition technology to enable musicians and DJs to create music through intuitive hand movements.
Industry Implications
1. Music Technology - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop innovative hardware and software products that revolutionize how music is created, performed, and experienced.
2. Interactive Design - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Combine design principles with interactive technologies to create engaging, immersive, and interactive user experiences in various industries.
3. Entertainment Technology - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Integrate interactive and tactile elements into entertainment technologies to enhance user engagement and offer unique and memorable experiences.
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