May 29 2008Goofy Suit Is Actually A Musical Instrument
The Pacer Suit is a musical instrument that looks like a goofy spacesuit (because that's what it is) that I would never, ever wear -- not even if I lost a bet (I'd just renege and let them beat me up or cut my fingers off).
The Pacer suit receives electro impulses that appear when muscles are activated (movement), amplifies them and turns them into sound with the help of the sensors attached to muscles. Each impulse is goes through the sensors via amplifiers (boxes on the back) to control panel where we can control volume, type of sound, select rhythm to follow...With this suit it is possible to produce harmonious rhythm and melody by dancing. These sounds can be heard through headphones connected to the control panel (box on the front) or through the speakers connected to the control panel by infrared rays.
That's pretty neat. I bet it sounds awesome too. And by awesome I mean worse than my girlfriend's incessant blathering about how much she hates her coworkers. Speaking of which, she just pulled up. Later folks -- I'm diving out a window and running to the bar.
UPDATE: Greetings from the ICU! We live in a third story apartment.
A couple more pictures of the components after the jump.
With Pacer Suit, Hear The Music With Every Move of Your Body [tuvie]
Thanks Shawn and Melissa, let's get a bunch of these and make an album
Reader Comments
1. First? - May 29, 2008 5:05 PM
FIRST!
2. Sophie - May 29, 2008 5:05 PM
Oh look , Napoleon Dynamite found some work
3. Sophie - May 29, 2008 5:07 PM
Oh wow, pat yourself on the back and put a gold star on your forehead #1....
4. Matt - May 29, 2008 5:09 PM
so is this suit a mix between the anti-rape jacket and the boom box vest from the 80s?
5. BlightedArt - May 29, 2008 5:32 PM
Tron. Tron. Tron. Tron. Tron.
6. Stolencheese - May 29, 2008 7:22 PM
Looks funky actually.
I like it.
7. guate6 - May 29, 2008 8:32 PM
Man, so I just had a brilliant idea. Get the shocking suit-armor thing, meld it somehow with this thing!
You can protect yourself and have great fight scenes AND have your own sound track or awesome music to fight to!!
Ok having said that, conceptually it's neat, but I wouldn't buy one.
8. Elmo - May 29, 2008 9:01 PM
♫♪ *fart*burp*fart*fart*strange noises*rrrrrrrrip*pfft*♫♪
9. guate6 - May 29, 2008 11:01 PM
#8: HAHAHA
10. poop - May 29, 2008 11:39 PM
i'd use it to drink beer in
11. butterbee - May 30, 2008 9:10 AM
That suit would look great... ON THE FLOOR OF MY BEDROOM!
12. v - May 30, 2008 9:21 AM
That's lovely. Now, if only they made it out of thicker material and made it look less faggy, that would be great.
But if they didn't, I'd probably wear it under something and add a whole new meaning to "dancing in the streets" and having your own sound track.
Plus, if anyone asks where the music is coming from, you can say, "My dick," and be completely serious.
13. Jazzman - May 30, 2008 11:44 AM
Brings a whole new meaning when a gurls tells you to play her song again :-)
14. Wild Bill - May 30, 2008 2:10 PM
Plenty Bad Stuff: If you need a test driver for this, I'm your HUckleberry -man. I've performed as an African Dancer for 12 Yrs. I've danced the Mardi Gra Prade here in San Luis Obispoand the powers that shut the parade down used my dance and costume in the NO MARDI GRAS commercials. It ai'ntright man. I've danced the Solstice Parade in Santa Barbara, Ca. for four years.Bars ,Schools,Concert at the Mission Series. I maybe 65 but I can flat bust the moves. Put me in your suit. His Wilderness Wild Bill
15. Navarond - May 30, 2008 3:00 PM
Those would be amusing to fight in. Put the foley artists out of business!
16. Popadopolis - May 31, 2008 4:23 PM
Ok, I guess I'm the first to notice the fact that you can see her underwear through it. ...not that I mind. I just noticed is all.
Also, there needs to be one on the vagina. That way when I touch it, the suit will make a really cool sound as she slaps the shit out of me.