The Talk-O-Meter has made the tech rounds already, but I had to post it here. It’s so simple, and so good. This phone app efficiently memorizes the speech patterns of two people at a table. It then can calculate how much each person is talking—giving “gentle bio-feedback” when one party or the other is dominating … Continue reading »

From the Tangible Sound Lab: “Skintimacy“: “…a skin-based interface for a collaborative musical performance. It is intended to be both an evocative tool for interpersonal interaction and touch, as well as an alternative digital musical instrument. By integrating the human skin and touch into the musician-computer interface, we propose a bodily-close haptic and emotional experience.” … Continue reading »