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Final Project Idea

The What - In summary, our idea is to create a MIDI that is controlled completely by the user's mouth.

The Who - For anyone that may have difficulty using their arms, hands, feet, etc. and would have difficultly or the inability to play music otherwise.

The When - Our project could be used simply for just having fun, and making music. Or, it could be used as an exercise tool to encourage mouth mobility.

The Why - Rosie and I wanted to have a project that can be used simply to just have fun, and at the same time have the positive benefits of enhancing a muscle group.

The How - We are researching different ways to make this happen: sporting mouth guards, retainers, tongue and bit switches...all or some of which will be hooked up to a MIDI.


While researching switches that utilize the mouth, we found a switches (a tongue and a bite switch) that skydivers use to take pictures. The switch is obviously waterproof, and can be bitten very hard without damaging the equipment. (Which is important) and retails for about $40.

http://conceptusinc.com/tongueswitch.htm

We also found references to the TalkBox, which is a tube that users blow in, to create music.

http://www.blamepro.com/talkbox.htm