Humanthesizer turns 15 bikini models into a live dancing synth
By Nilay Patel 
posted Aug 11th 2009 11:51AM
posted Aug 11th 2009 11:51AM
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what was this story about again?
"Man finds way to make bikini models dance for him."
something about a guy or something he invented? I'm sorry I was distracted looking at the ass on that blond to the far left.
Mind control paint?
I liked the second video better, more tech, less girls .. or maybe it's less Calvin that made it better ?
Wait, isn't that similar to the conductive paint used to defrost your rear windshield?
Oh yeh, ladies.
Now THAT's art I can sink my teeth into!
I got what you meant, but it still sounds cannibalistic when i read it.
Really interesting (read: half naked women, oh yeah)
I for one welcome our greasepaint wearing, highly conductive, bouncy, beautiful, er, robot overlords
What a waste of space, paint, and hot women!
I think it was the perfect use of all three.
I think he was refering to calvin harris
Tell me about it. He could have put those contact points for the synth anywhere, and they end up on their hands?
In this case, the bikinis were necessary! Ah, loved it. Very creative.
Damn..that's hot.
Exactly. I'll take all the women in the back.. and the 3rd from the left in the front.
3rd from left for me as well.
Really? She's definitely my LEAST favorite of the group.
I have to agrre with TJ on this. She is by far the worst in the room. Everyone else...HOT!
No I'm gonna agree that shes a damn fine Asian. Are you saying you WOULDN'T sleep with her given the chance?
And again we have a good old engadget discussion about difference in taste!
Third from left +1....how did the yellow fever miss you? You got the gadget loving aspect of nerdiness, but not the yellow fever?
@switch That's exactly what I'm saying.
@swib Not the skanky yellow fever. She's got a great body, but everything from the neck up is just wrong.
a very hand-on approach to music..is there a red-band or explicit version of this music video?
yeah hes a scottish dj called calvin harris (look it up on youtube)
Finally
you know its amazing that if you just listen to the audio it sounds like synchronized porn.
i look forward to having this do great things for porn in respect to that.
All that said i think its really neat and i i like the idea of running it all through ableton. Personally i would like to wired to a groovebox and had a pad represent a RPS channel and such just for something a little more showy bu this is still really neat. I like the concept, and yay for conductive paint.
Shwing!
now only calvin harris would come up with that what a hero!
an hero.
nilay...keep posting articles like this and your guaranteed to be the next engadget leader!
Can anybody else think of a better place to put that conductive paint on those bikini models? xD
Definitely. I can imagine him smacking their asses to close the circuit.
who cares, this is stupid ....
Or a woman.
Oh wait, those don't exist on the internet.
It's true. Even Wolfram Alpha says so.
Yes, more of this, less about 256GB SSD's!
meh...i'd say more like 32b's and 36 c's
Now that's what I'm talkin about!
Are those bikinis conductive too?
Awesome! You mean we can now have painted, sound generating Morey Amsterdam sandwiches?
Ask me what a Morey Amsterdam sandwich is. Trust me you will want to know ;^)...
What is a Morey Amsterdam sandwich?
If you can't get laid in real life...hire 15 beautiful models to dance for you.
He's not English. He's SCOTTISH.
And aw the burds would get it.
Where the Pussy at ?
but will they blend.
They will blend in my bed...heh heh
FAIL, original much?
GO CALVIN
I was more like
Get of the #$%*ing Calvin
I like your music, but GOFTFW.
rofl...dude gets caught staring in pic 1 of the gallery!
(not that I blame him)
That paint is designed for the pelvic area. I'd make some Drum'nBass Amen masher. Just give me Jessica Alba and Megan Fox.
Sony is a "Bag of Hurt"
I kind of expected more. There was no point in putting that stuff on humans if all they're gonna do is open/close a circuit by standing on something or clapping. It also didn't need to be fancy conductive paint, he could've just put tinfoil on their hands or feet. Hell, he could've asked each of them to hold a switch and turn it off and on.
From the introduction, I expected the sounds to be different depending on the way the bodies moved, so that by dancing you could create music.
Agreed.
He COULD have just used a synthesizer, but that would be missing the point.
It would, but the point -you're- missing is that he's not doing anything special by using humans as circuits. All they're doing is opening/closing them when they're told to, which you can do with anything (like a synthesizer). Using humans and conductive paint adds absolutely nothing in this case.
Had the samples changed or had they been filtered differently by different movements of the bodies, so that you'd get a unique sound by having the models dance, or something, then it would've added something to the regular old opening and closing of circuits. Now it's just a cheap trick to hide the fact that he's doing nothing new.
So when is this out for the PS3 or Xbox, will the girls be shipped in a large container box.
No big box needed, they'll be inflatable, like most PS3 and Xbox users are used to.
this post sets the record for most hits on Engadget.
Thermal Grease
Green Coloring
Wires
Speakers
DONE
oh, and hot chics! I'm building this!! haha
"I thought about you and I wanna recant" SERIOUS!?!?!
Who's the lyrical genius behind this song?
This job wouldn't be so easy for this guy if he wasn't gay.
Outstanding. Being a music-lover and a dancer (unfortunately not much of a musician), I could see doing a LOT more with this kind of tech-mix.
I suppose for this to work, have to expose the girls MIDI section... (sorry--terrible pun)
I guess they don't do COVER tunes?
I wonder if they are touch sensitive?
Glad he didn't use WEIGHTED action...
(oh, I should stop now...)
This is relevant because of it being DIY tech? ...
yes, because we all love have useless hipster "inventions" shoved down our throats. Nothing more then a glorified light switch.
It's relevant because it makes geeks see semi-naked girls and be turned on by the technology behind...
Gotcha! It makes heterosexual male geeks happy.
This is why I love Sony sometimes, these guys will fund some of the most interesting (if not completely pointless) projects I've ever seen and not necessarily be aiming for some huge profit of sorts. Kudo's to anyone in the comments section that's purchased a Sony Rolly xD
Is this guy going to use this in anything specific? Or was this just a "what the hell, why not!" project?
I find this really useless. Why do women have to be naked to do this?
Because naked guys don't appeal to the majority of 22 - 35 year old gadget nerds.
theory = good
execution = interesting
actual guy = looks like a douche bag that should be punched in the face
story = meh
much less remarkable than expected.. Watch it with the sound off if you're so inclined not to follow your common sense
if calvin harris doesn't use this for live performance, i'm going to. :D
also, the lyrics are "ooh, i'm gonna buy shoes, then i'm ready for the weekend."
There's a difference between 'bikini models' and women willing to do stuff while wearing a bikini.
If he was really smart he would've put that paint on their As$%s.
Really
He favors Cliffy B
I realize this is a stupid question but if you're completing the circuit then why doesn't it shock you? Anyone with an understanding of this conductive paint please let me know. Crazy stuff though.
Gues he couldn't find enough girls with feeling for rithm since he is doing the hardest stuf himself lol
Great! What better way to objectify women than to make them into objects!
So why hands? Why not put the paint on breast or butt?
I also would like the 1st & the 3rd from the left thank you.
As much as a like cute scantily-clad girls, this is no more a "human synthesizer" than a person at a keyboard synth. All they're doing is closing circuits, which is exactly what you're doing when you press a key on a synth.
bikini hero coming soon....
This could make for some interesting choreography.
Nah, it wouldn't. It would be fun for children, though.
Thats the sorta gadget i need to store my harddrive.
Unbelievable. Dorks have come up with yet another way to touch pretty girls.
Hang on, we won't wire you up; we'll paint you instead. Could take hours...
No, we really need to laser scan your entire body in a bikini. Could take hours...
technologically - this is crap! Musically - this is crap!!!
This is nothing more than soft porn... There are much better sites than engadget for THAT!!!
I want my wasted time back please. lol
I think it's just ordinary black paint and there is a guy off camera with a keyboard creating the foley as the DJ guy touches the models for the explanation part.
Then for the performance, they just roll a recorded version of the track and everyone mimes.
Why do they have to be clothed?
so without looking up the lyrics, I heard "Oooh, I wanna F*** you, and I'm ready for the weekend" and thought to myself "wow, how fitting"
What a nerd way to get to spend time with a dozen babes in bikinis. Win!
Ok, I see a human interest story here someplace. I'm sure there is some kind of behavioral science study in the makings going on also , in a touchy feelly kinda way.
OK, I would lie if I said it is'nt interesting. But in a laughable sense.Hav