March 14, 2005

Hewlett-Packard's DJammer: The Future of Hip-Hop?




The electric guitar of hip-hop? Or maybe after all this hype it'll be the Segway scooter of hip-hop:

Scra-Scra-Scratching Thin Air

Researchers at Hewlett-Packard are developing a DJ track-mixing and scratching device they believe to be as significant to music as was the first electric guitar.

HP's DJammer is a prototype handheld gadget DJs can use to mimic the sound of scratching vinyl simply by moving the device around. So, if the operator makes a scratching motion in the air, arrays of internal motion sensors translate movement into music, and the DJammer "scratches" the music as though the DJ were manipulating a record.

Linked to a digital music library, the device can also mix tracks. It finds the entry and end points for tracks, and can cycle through a song collection. And it is wireless, so a DJ can control the music from anywhere in a room...

...The DJammer was created by HP research and development scientist Mat Hans, who began the project in 2002 with New York's Scratch DJ Academy, a school for DJs...

via competitive intelligence

Posted by jsmooth995 at March 14, 2005 2:09 AM | TrackBack
Comments

i guess this could be a good example of "talking something up"...

i happen to have a connection to HP- you know, friend of a friend of a friend - because i'm doing research on hip hop and information technology. the long and short of it is: the DJammer is nothing but vaporware right now. the prototype is NOT even close to being in production - it's still only breadboard. apparently the guy who came up with it is looking for talent to help him develop it, but he's on his own - not HP backed.

when it was first developed two years ago HP couldn't be convinced of the market potential...a situation which is unchanged as far as my sources go.

Posted by: Bemused at March 14, 2005 2:40 AM

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