Shirt Helps Deaf People Feel The Music By Vibrating At Every Note

Deaf people might never have the thrill of hearing a piano composition or an electrical guitar screeching or a harp being played. However, they can feel the difference in sounds and react to them consequently, thanks to a smart shirt created by CuteCircuit company #objectmagic

After producing dozens of prototypes of a Hug Shirt for years (one that can help people hug each other remotely), the company made a Sound Shirt, a piece of clothing that can help deaf people feel music. This wearable connects to a computer system that registers sounds from microphones placed in different spots on the orchestra stage. Afterwards, they’re transmitted to the shirt that is already filled with 16 actuators, motors that pulsate with the intensity of the music.

“The deeper, heavier bass notes [activate the actuators] down in lower parts of torso, and the lighter sections, like violin and lighter notes, further up on the body, around the neck area and clavicle. As they’re watching the orchestra, they can see certain areas are more active than others; they feel soundwaves in specific areas of the body, and within a few minutes understand there is a correlation.”, CuteCircuit CEO Ryan Genz told Fortune. 

Jungen Symphoniker Hamburg bought the latest version of the shirt and prepared a one of a kind evening for people who can’t experience music the way they do. The result, in the clip above!