PHOTOS ( LEFT ) BY MAGGIE STEBER / VII / REDUX ; ( RIGHT ) COURTESY OF NOT IMPOSSIBLE LABS
The Retain , Recall , Interpret mobile application , accessible from Caitlin ’ s smartwatch , will eventually replace her current reminder system of adhesive notes .
allowing us to take the training wheels off in some cases ,” Marathay says .
In November 2019 , Infinite Options presented the prototype to the full Memory : Not Impossible team , which green-lit the development of a working model for tryouts in spring 2020 . “ We have high hopes ,” says Ebeling , “ but have learned from experience that refinements are inevitable .”
MUSIC : NOT IMPOSSIBLE Another project in progress helps hearing-impaired individuals experience the pleasures of music through skin sensations . A key contributor is Daniel Belquer , a Brazil-born theater artist interested in the intersection of art , science , and technology , and who received the 2019 Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Award . His graduate thesis in experimental theatre at UNIRIO in Rio de Janeiro examined the effects of unusual vibrations on the audience experience . Ebeling heard about Belquer ’ s work and sought out his involvement in Music : Not
Impossible .
Given his background in the effects of vibration on the human body , Belquer explored a haptics-based technology : He cut his shirt and trousers into straps , and asked a seamstress at a local dry cleaner in Brooklyn , where he lived , to sew a series of wires connecting the haptic actuators at 24 points .
Each actuator produces a “ buzz ” that changes in texture according to the frequency and amplitude of a particular piece of music . Altogether , more than 250 different
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