Hydraulophone produces soothing music as you dip your fingers in water

Developed by Steve Mann, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Toronto and his colleague Ryan Janzen, hydraulophone is a water based instrument. This fish shaped instrument involves the use of 12 water jets (that sout water out of twelve holes), each standing for one of the twelve notes. In to these water jets the users dip their fingers, producing soothing music. The dipping here stands for blocking one or may be even more of the water jet holes with the fingers. Being touted as “Flexible Limitless User Interface”, it doesn’t require any complicated skill learning on the part of the user. You and me alike can use it with finesse as its developers.

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Steve Mann says, “What we really do with these kind of interfaces is make them as addictive as possible, and to do that we have to find a way you can exert your own influence on a system”. It almost bases itself on the existence of a flute, but the only difference is that in place of air, the water runs through its veins. The hydraulophone stands installed in Ontario Science Center.

Via: Wired