Turning you bow into a remote control for any number of software-accessible musical functions., the K-Bow single-handedly redeems that most ubiquitous and detested of modern technologies: Bluetooth.

The K-Bow stealthily replaces the frog on a standard violin, viola, cello or bass bow and is equipped with an array of sensors that capture every nuance of a player's bowing movement, transmitting them into software control parameters:

• 3-D Accelerometer - measures the playing force and angle of the bow
• Hair Tension Sensor - detects how hard the bow presses against the strings/li>
• Grip Pressure Sensor - gives a measure of how hard you are gripping the bow/li>
• Bow Length - by interacting with the included fingerboard emitter, an Infrared light sensor shows the distance from the bow frog to the strings of the instrument/li>
• Bow to Fingerboard - a measure of the distance you are playing from the fingerboard via the antennas embedded in the bow

This multitude of sensory information can be used in a virtually unlimited potential number of different musical applications. The included software not only let's K-Bow users experiment with live looping, reverb and frequency filters, but it also translates bow movement information into MIDI or OSC data. With some clever planning and patience, you could be dictating the dynamic shifts of a Vienna Symphonic Orchestra Patch while playing the featured solo in Bach's Partita No. 3.

Or, you know, you could just make coll things happen with lights, or something.

The K-Bow itself is constructed of a Kevlar and Carbon, making the bow lighter to compensate for the added weight of the electronics. But what will compensate for the added weight of this new awesome responsibility you now wield? The concept that drives the philharmonic is that of a collective power, but the K-Bow makes you the master of all you see (within it's ten-meter transmitting range, that is). Does the development of the K-Box speak to the very dissolution of the idea of communal accomplishment itself?

Whatever, Bluetooth rules.