The world of popular music has raps. Now, thanks to some amazing technology, the world of classical music has wraps. Jeff Bryant, an electronic music composition graduate student at the California Institute of the Arts, has leveraged movement, technology and knitting to create new musical works, according to Wired. Bryant knitted scarves with regular yarn and strands of conductive fiber that, when moved, activate the keys on a piano through wireless signals and an elaborate system of electronic sensors and score generators. In his project push_push, a dancer wears one of Bryant's high-tech scarves to generate a spontaneous musical work. View photos and read more: That's a Wrap! Composer Knits Scarves That Power a Piano (Wired)
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