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Researchers ‘hack’ the nervous system to listen to music through touch

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One of the greatest pleasures in life is listen to musicsomething that we are allowed through a mobile phone or a computeramong other things, an action that changes our mood, as well as relieves the stress that we drag from work or school.

Unfortunately, there are people with hearing problems who cannot listen to music, and researchers from all over the world are working on new technologies for our computer or phone. mobile what can help these people to hear it, and now also through touch.

And now almost anyone in the world can delete it stress with your favorite songs thanks to a groundbreaking prototype created by researchers from Faculty of Electronics, University of Malagamembers of the research and development group of electronics for devices and systems.

It is a “tactile sound algorithm” that uses tactile illusions capable of converting monophonic music into various tactile vibration-based stimuli.

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Its managers claim that this algorithm kind of “hacks” the nervous system in order to get a response different from the real stimulus sent.

In the long term, we want to ensure that people who cannot hear can “hear” music.“says the researcher. Paul Rivetmain author of this work.

This algorithm can be installed in a portable terminal that this type of user can take with them, for example, to a concert or anywhere else, since this is a technology that can be easily transferred to technological devices as well as mobile phones.

Music mapping and vibration control

This algorithm is capable of converting musical characteristics and structures extracted from MIDI files “into vibrotactile stimuli”.

He adds that “it is something like a display of music, and this is possible because files of this type can not only be played and generate sounds, but also provide symbolic representations.“.

Basically, they offer an arrangement of tactile illusions to enhance and expand the spectrum of musical characteristics by giving dynamism to vibration in the form of movement, change of direction and location.

They explain that “this is a complex process because the perceived frequency range of the skin is lower than that of the auditory system, which can result in the loss of some musical characteristics.“.

In the first experiments carried out, they suggest that the location of tactile illusions causes more positive than negative emotionsand which are also perceived as more pleasant and stimulating than sound, evoking a different emotional response than the original music.

This first prototype was presented at the 11th International Haptic and Audio Interaction Design Workshop (UK) and researchers are currently working on a second, more advanced model.

Source: Computer Hoy

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