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A Music Player You Can Hear Through Your Skull
Friday, November 2, 2012 19:29
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Here’s to listening to music while staying grilled out nicely.
By Elbert ChuPosted 11.02.2012
Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte may flash a diamond-studded, patriotic grill when he smiles from the winner’s podium, but artist Aisen Caro Chacin can use hers to listen to Public Enemy. Play-A-Grill, a project she developed at Parsons The New School for Design, transmits music through the wearer’s teeth to the inner ear.
Play-A-Grill: Courtesy Aisen Caro Chacin
To create it, Chacin embedded the electronics from an MP3 player, an amplifier circuit, and a motor into a wax mold of her upper mouth. The motor drives vibrations from the MP3 player, controlled with the tongue, into the cochlea, where they’re translated as sound.
