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The Bodies as Music project is an attempt to develop a plug-and-play control interface for embedded sensors and electronics in live performance. The Controller represents the heart of this project, connecting sensor networks embedded in costumes and transmitting data wireless to a hardwired show control network. The Controller software sits at the center of this network, broadcasting OSC command bundles to connected live entertainment controllers to use as they see fit.

The Controller software, at its most basic, receives API frames from XBee radios embedded on dancers. These radios transmit 8-bit data streams derived from various sensors located on a dancer's body. The Controller than interprets and formats these data streams into OSC bundles to distribute to networked control devices. As we develop a more robust software package, we intend to incorporate a number of features:

• Plug-and-play implementation of XBee radio receivers
• User-configurable, dancer-specific sensor labels
• Configurable to multiple dancers
• Ability to wirelessly turn on or off sensors on dancers as needed
• Ability to configure dancer remote brains to accommodate different sensor configurations
• Increase resolution to 16-bit for each sensor stream