[HN Gopher] Specially made gloves let Brazilian pianist Joao Car...
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       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:
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         | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roJ7nZs9Fz4
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         | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PZ2YLLQIJI
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         | 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...
        
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