[HN Gopher] Specially made gloves let Brazilian pianist Joao Car... ___________________________________________________________________ Specially made gloves let Brazilian pianist Joao Carlos Martins play again Author : BobbyVsTheDevil Score : 40 points Date : 2020-09-28 23:11 UTC (23 hours ago) (HTM) web link (www.chicagotribune.com) (TXT) w3m dump (www.chicagotribune.com) | jmercouris wrote: | It would be nice to see a video of the gloves in action, but I | couldn't see one on the page. | binarycrusader wrote: | Here's a few: | | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roJ7nZs9Fz4 | | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PZ2YLLQIJI | | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEZzoJVCJ6s | felipemesquita wrote: | The description in this article from January (in Portuguese)[0] | seems to indicate that the gloves are completely passive, | constantly pulling his fingers outward. He says he wears them | constantly to get used to his hands being open, as before they | were always somewhat closed. | | [0]https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/cotidiano/2020/01/joao- | carlos-... | spiritplumber wrote: | This is peak wholesome. Is there an explanation of the tech? | binarycrusader wrote: | Yes, see the videos I linked earlier. Short version is that the | pianist can press the keys but finds it difficult to lift their | fingers up after pressing. The gloves have some sort of | mechanism and design put into them to assist the pianist by | making it easier to lift their fingers after pressing keys. | smabie wrote: | How do these gloves work? It seems like the Chicago Tribune is | wholly uninterested in even making an attempt to explain it. | Maybe they really are 'magic' gloves. | btilly wrote: | From the description of the article, they pull his fingers up. | He can adjust the glove to change how strongly they do. | | The stronger the pull, the faster the movement, the faster that | he can play. | tyingq wrote: | Clarification: Pulls the finger up after it plays a note... ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2020-09-29 23:01 UTC)