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Electrical-facial stimulation as music visualizer (!)

(Please do not try this at home … work, at a friends house, visiting relatives, on vacation, or anywhere else for that matter.)

Daito demonstrates a unique strategy for synchronize visuals with music - by contracting facial muscles with electrical stimulation. Wow, his look of anticipation at the videos open seems a fair warning in and of itself!

[via Synthtopia]

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Posted by: Jordan314 on October 26, 2008 at 9:24 AM

no way

No way. This is so weird and so cool at the same time. Thank you, internet.

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Posted by: Arthur Elsenaar on October 29, 2008 at 5:48 AM

Extensive electro-facial exploration at artifacial.org

Extensive electro-facial explorations can be found on my site here: http://artifacial.org

Custom build 22 channel stimulus device enables full control over the facial musculature: leading to algorithmic facial choreography.

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