Furthering Development of Smart Fabrics to Improve the Accessibility of Music Therapy

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Ellie Nguyen, Chapman UniversityFollow
Daisy Z. Fernandez-ReyesFollow
Franceli L. Cibrian, Chapman UniversityFollow

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Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

10-8-2023

Abstract

In this paper, we present the design and development of HarmonicThreads, a smart, cost-effective fabric augmented by generative machine learning algorithms to create music in real time according to the user's interaction. In this manner, we hypothesize that individuals with sensory differences could take advantage of the fabric's flexibility, the music will adapt according to users' interaction, and the affordable hardware we propose will make it more accessible. We follow a design thinking methodology using data from a multidisciplinary team in Mexico and the United States. Then we will close this paper by discussing challenges in developing accessible smart fabrics in different contexts.

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This paper was originally presented at UbiComp/ISWC '23 Adjunct: Adjunct Proceedings of the 2023 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing & the 2023 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computing. Association for Computing Machinery in 2023. https://doi.org/10.1145/3594739.3610727

Recommended Citation

Ellie Nguyen, Daisy Z. Fernandez-Reyes, and Franceli L. Cibrian. Furthering Development of Smart Fabrics to Improve the Accessibility of Music Therapy. In UbiComp/ISWC '23 Adjunct: Adjunct Proceedings of the 2023 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing & the 2023 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computing. Association for Computing Machinery, Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico (pp. 400-403). https://doi.org/10.1145/3594739.3610727

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