Machina Midi Controller Jacket Complete At Last

wearablemidi Machina Midi Controller Jacket Complete At LastWe did talk about the Machina Midi Controller Jacket sometime in May last year, but that was when it is still far from finished, and definitely not as cool as the polished and final article. Well, the Machina Midi Controller Jacket, after one whole year of work, is finally completed. Basically, if you are musician who is also into technology, this is one jacket that you might have wished arrived under the Christmas tree last December.

Basically, the Machina Midi Controller Jacket has been described as “one of the first wearable technology items” that will focus solely on design, where you will then be able to use your body as an interface in order to create music. Of course, the electronics remain invisible for it to be used on a daily basis without you looking out of whack with the rest of society. All fabrics used are waterproof, so that liquids will slide down without damaging any part of the electronics that have been embedded in the jacket.

Equipped with a quartet of flexible sensors that can detect your finger’s position, it will also be accompanied by a single accelerometer that can detect your arm’s acceleration, a joystick, four push buttons and is highly modifiable to fit your lifestyle and use.

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Outdoor Technology Announces CHIPS Wireless Drop-in Audio System , NUU Splash Waterproof Bluetooth Speaker,

Machina MIDI Jacket: Sound, Movement and Fashion

machina

Machina is a menswear clothing brand that is in the process of mounting a Kickstarter campaign to promote a new product. The campaign doesn’t start for about a month, but the company has a demo version of its unique “wearable” MIDI controller live on the floor of TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco this week.

The Machina MIDI Jacket will come in a couple of different styles, but the basic concept is that it is a jacket or vest that is outfitted with several different sensors (multiple MIDI touch sensors, accelerometer, etc.) that can control beats and samples via Wi-Fi and MIDI.

So you can effectively trigger and alter tones by moving your fingers accross the three sliders on the front of the vest. You can also affect the speed of a beat or sample by moving your arm and the accelerometer in the sleeve. This is a cool concept and an interesting and kinetic way to trigger and control beats and sounds. It works with a custom Mac OS X application that the company also created, with iOS versions soon to follow (for maximum portability).

I got a hold of their Kickstarter video a bit early, and they gave me permission to post it. They will have more info about this new concept at their website in the coming weeks.