WhammyPhone: Bending Sound with a Flexible Smartphone

Queen’s University’s Human Media Lab unveils musical instrument for a flexible smartphone. KINGSTON - Researchers at the Human Media Lab at Queen’s University have developed the world’s first musical instrument for a flexible smartphone. The device, dubbed WhammyPhone, allows users to bend the display in order to create sound effects on a virtual instrument, such as a guitar or violin. “WhammyPhone is a completely new way of interacting with sound using a smartphone. It allows for the kind of expressive i