At a recent This happened, Simon Oliver (Hand Circus) demonstrated to us the process of creating his iPhone game Rolando. I will write about this more once have the video of the presentation online, but what is very clear is that as a gaming & entertainment platform it is really going to take off. [...]

I recently reported that Tenori-On will launch in the UK in various record shops & the launch event. Rupert has posted the following on the Last.fm group
“Ok, wait for it: £599 uk pounds with free shipping…
The reason they are this price is because they are almost hand made at the moment in Japan, they [...]

I hinted at it in the previous post, but Tenori-On, the fantastic instrument by Toshio Iwai and Yamaha, will be launching in the UK. This September, Yamaha will showcasing this brand new and visually stunning interactive live performance instrument through a selection of carefully selected record shops across the country.
Tenori-On has been at many [...]

With all of these new interfaces for musical expression that have been around now, I started taking a peak at the scores the players use in their performance. Whilst I am not personally involved in research in this area, I thought it might be interesting to someone out there who is (plus I’ve not [...]

Pixelsumo favorite Toshio Iwai has designed a playful raincoat for children, as modelled by his daughter Roka above, called Rain Drops.
Created for the Tokyo Fiber 2007, “an exhibition of Japan fibers that evoke fashion breakthroughs. The theme is Senseware, suggesting new forms of interaction between cloth, clothing and perceptions of the body. This [...]

I was watching a Siggraph 2005 video and 1 min 45 seconds in, they show an early prototype video of Tenori-On, a whole 10 seconds of it :) Possibly interesting to anyone who has been following the development. Watch here.
More Tenori-On: Toshio Iwai keynote at Futuresonic, Deeper into Tenori-On.

SoniColumn, created by Jin-Yo Mok, is an extension of The MusicBox Project. In the first project, users could compose a sound using a mouse and grid-like score. In SolniColumn you turn each note on by running your hand over it and around the column.
SoniColumn is an interactive sound installation that can be played by a [...]

[update1 - Jimmi got in touch and has posted his video on YouTube in five parts -> one, two, three, four, five]

I’ve had the pleasure and honor of seeing Toshio Iwai do the keynote lecture at Futuresonic 2006. As an inspiration for many years, having only read about his previous work and seen static images, [...]