-Interaction of human beings with computers can be done without any physical interface and this can be done using gestures. The paper addresses a solution to access the music player in the computer via the webcam. This paper mainly deals with detecting and identifying the hand, the skin and the gesture to perform some specific tasks in the music player.

This paper suggests an emotion-based music player that produces a playlist based on user captured images. A manual and song selection to meet current emotions are more time consuming uninteresting. Many people will pick songs at random from the playlist. As result, some chosen by do not correspond their present mode. Furthermore, no widely used can play mood, which includes emotion like neutral...

In games, unlike in traditional linear storytelling media such as novels or films, narrative events unfold in response to the player input. Therefore, the music composer in an interactive environment needs to create music that is dynamic and non-repetitive. We investigate how to express emotions and moods in music and how to apply this research to improve player experience in games. The main no...

The downloadable sheet music market has been constrained by reliance on proprietary binary formats. MusicXML is a new Internet-friendly format for representing sheet music and music notation. We introduce the basics of MusicXML design, using examples from current software to illustrate MusicXML's advantages over previous music interchange formats. We conclude by discussing the new types of musi...

BACKGROUND The problem of the potential impact of personal music players on the auditory system remains an open question. The purpose of the present study was to investigate, by means of otoacoustic emissions (OAEs), whether listening to music on a personal player affected auditory function. MATERIAL/METHODS A group of 20 normally hearing adults was exposed to music played on a personal playe...

BACKGROUND Recently, malfunctioning of a cardiac pacemaker electromagnetic, caused by electromagnetic interference (EMI) by fields emitted by personal portable music players was highly publicized around the world. A clinical study of one patient was performed and two types of interference were observed when the clinicians placed a pacemaker programming head and an iPod were placed adjacent to t...