Stanford’s Mobile Phone Orchestra

Posted by Chris Leone on November 23, 2009 in: music humor, technology, vids | Tags: iphone, technology

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Stanford’s Mobile Phone Orchestra, or MoPho, is an experimental musical ensemble that uses mobile phones (primarily iPhones) as their musical instrument. MoPho takes advantage of the “unique technological capabilities of today’s hardware and software, transforming multi-touch screens, built-in accelerometers, built-in microphones, GPS, data networks, and computation into powerful and yet mobile chamber meta-instruments.”

MoPho began back in 2007 by Stanford University faculty member Ge Wang and held its first public performance in January of 2008.

With screen size being a major limiting factor, the market for apps like this should explode once tablets really take off (Mac tablet, prease).

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freaking brilliant

Comment by cymbalizer — November 23, 2009
That is pretty cool, I don’t see it taking off though, kinda a niche in a very small market but it is really cool

Comment by Kerry Robert Webb — November 24, 2009