在自己的T恤上彈吉他

If you find yourself mimicking Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page or Joe Bonamassa when their songs come on your iPod, then this is the invention for you.

That's because the latest guitar to hit the market doesn't come with six strings and require an amplifier.

It is in fact a case of slipping on a special T-shirt.

Designed by FauvelKhan, which is run by two engineering graduates from Swansea University, the latest invention is a garment which turns into a playable musical instrument using just a computer and a piece of software.

It works by using barcode technology on the shirt, which is picked up by a webcam as the user's hand passes over the symbol - and then makes notes.

The idea was first developed by company bosses Luke Khan and Warren Fauvel to be used as a promotional object by band The Last Republic.

Now though it is up for an award in the Music Related Technologies category at the SXSW Accelerator event in Austin, Texas, which takes place this week.

It is the only European entry on the eight strong shortlist.

The invention will be judged by a panel of experts as well as a live audience at the festival which showcases advances in social media, mobile applications and web entertainment.

iPod放着吉米•亨德里克斯、吉米•佩吉或喬•博納馬薩的單曲，你在一旁作持吉他狀，手舞足蹈，如果你有過這樣的時候，這件發明就是爲你量身定製的，這就是最新上市的無弦無擴音器吉他。

這其實是一件特製T恤上的彈撥裝置。

這款T恤是由法維爾坎公司設計，通過聯接一臺電腦，安裝一個軟件，便能在衣服上進行演奏。這家公司是由英國斯旺西大學的工程專業學生創立的。

這款T恤衫應用了條形碼技術，當用戶手指滑過代表琴絃的條紋時，攝像頭便會記錄下對應音符。

這項創意最先被用作《最後的共和國》樂隊的促銷品，由公司老闆盧克•坎和沃倫•法維爾開發完成。

如今，這項創意將作爲唯一進入前八強的歐洲發明項目，角逐本週在美國德州奧斯丁舉辦的SXSW Accelerator大賽音樂技術類大獎。

屆時，專家組以及活動現場觀衆將對該項創意進行評判。SXSW Accelerator大賽重在展示社交媒介、手機應用軟件和網絡娛樂等領域的最新成果。