We’re brought up in a society that emphasizes a divide between the Arts and the Sciences. The idea that people who are good at one, can’t also be good at the other is all too common.
Optron exists at the intersection of creative expression, musicianship, lighting design, and STEM education. At first glance, it looks like a guitar and a lightsaber had a baby. Underneath is a powerful combination of bleeding edge electronics and RGB LED array. It is held and performed much like a guitar.
Introducing the world’s first STEMstrument™! AirGlow looks like something from the future and completely 3D printed. The 200mm fingerboard is both fretless and fretted! The position-pressure strip is covered in silicone and teflon and is capable of fully gliding the finger along its length, but ribs curved under the bottom gently inform the hand where it is accurately at all times. The design is informed by the common air-guitar performance practice for accessibility, and a long handle at one end invites swinging the instrument like a lightsaber. The light bar can both be used as a visualizer for sound or other data, or make use of included apps to make your own light patterns and sounds! A lanyard clip for a neck or wrist strap can be attached.
Play Now, Pay Later: We offer an option at checkout to divide your purchase into 4 installments over 6 months with 0% interest. We’re making AirGlows as fast as we can! Thank you all for your support. Please order yours today and we’ll ship it as soon as possible.
We use FDM 3D printing to translate shapes from the imagination into real physical objects by compositing one layer of plastic over another. There is a unique quality to 3D printed parts that is different from typical injection molded plastic.
Optron Pro
• 3.3ft long
• 144 ultra-bright RGB LEDs
• 20.5in pressure-sensitive fret board
• 5 copper capacitive touch sensors
• 6 degree-of-freedom motion sensor
• Optional 8-sensor hand motion tracker
