Laser Harp Team

STEM is a very broad field, and it may not be the most appealing to students due to a lack of knowledge of the great things that can be achieved by those who opt for a STEM career path. We plan to make a STEM career more appealing to those who may not fully understand the near limitless potential that this line of work provides. Computer Science and Engineering can seem pretty abstract and potentially not very appealing. We want to change that. Our team strives to show how cool this field can Look and Sound. The ’coolness’ factor will attract school students, musical educators, professional musicians to try out digital musical devices. Electronic sound production is already replacing use of traditional musical instruments in online space such as YouTube, where You-Tubers can produce their own music for their channels using software. This system will take that concept and create a hardware based approach where users can produce cool digital music on the fly by learning some basic instrument moves. The revolution in this space is already happening today where we see professional competitions for musical performances with a laser harp.

The system overview of our product creates a 3-layer system based upon collecting input, controlling that input, and outputting sound through different output channels. The input layer gathers different settings controlled by the user. Then based on these settings and the users interactions with the lasers, the device will use these inputs to control an audio output signal. This signal can be formatted and sent to different audio-outs based on user-preference.