Finally, a Playable Version of the World’s Tiniest Violin

It does n’t take much practice to learn to play the world ’s petite violin — just a consummate and utter lack of sympathy for what someone else is kvetch about . But thanks to the folks atDesign I / O , yourmicroscopic violinwill eventually produce actual sad music .

Based onGoogle ’s Project Soli — a tiny microwave radar - based chip that candetect tiny flickering movementsof your hands and fingers — theWorld ’s Tiniest Violincan reproduce the sounds of the real pawn based on how vigorously the microscopical version is being played .

It ’s a little bombastic and visionary to work with you everywhere you go , but finally the Project Soli chipset will start come along in smartphones and watches . So one sidereal day all you ’ll have to do is bulge out overt an app when your friend take off complain about how much their bosses piece on them , and start act as a sad not - so - sympathetic tune .