the possibilities

There is potential for inviting several composers / musicians to develop work for this device

so that there will be a wide variety of pieces.



The device could store the listening habits of a user so that it selects a favourite piece on start up.



Alongside the use of the device as a study aid,

it may have potential in other institutions such as prisons as an aid to adult literacy;

to develop and maintain levels of concentration.



According to the Reading Agency one in six adults struggle to read and this could be of great benefit.

The device could also be a feature of reading groups, adult literacy groups,

literary festivals and other literary themed events.



Other potential commercial developments of the device may be more

focussed on issues concerning wellbeing and mental health.



Music, and again specific types of music and sound, is used as an aid to meditation.

This device could be developed to generate music and sound specifically composed,

perhaps using binaural beats to aid relaxation and mindfulness.



Part of the development would be to assess the potential for use with blind and deaf students.

a study by the Centre for Digital Music at the University of London entitled

Designing Tactile Musical Devices with and for Deaf Users

where they build chairs with music playing through them concluded that

‘Music with fewer transients like the ambient and dub step pieces seemed to encourage responses

that were more about the chairs' value within a therapeutic context,

for example “The vibrations would work well for diffusing stress in deaf adolescents”.’

These are elements that we would hope to explore with Exeter Deaf Academy

and WESC Foundation (also based in Exeter).