"Cyberflute" Wins National Innovation Prize
0th December
UNSW engineering student Andrew Botros is the winner of the 2002 Siemens Prize for Innovation, with a project that could change the way the modern flute is played.
Andrew, whose research has already won him a University Medal, has beaten hundreds of final year students in the fields of electronic, electrical, communication and computer engineering to take out the national prize, worth $25,000.
Andrew's project allows for the prediction of hundreds of thousands of alternate fingerings and multiphonics for the flute. To date, 150 years of flute playing has resulted in only several hundred fingerings. His research, which was supervised by Professor Joe Wolfe and Dr John Smith from UNSW's School of Physics, has resulted in a web service which allows flute players to select the note or chord they wish to play, and then shows them all the possible fingerings. Some 150 flautists from around the world use the site every day. Many unknown or improved ways of playing the flute have been found and verified.
Andrew, a graduand of Computer Science Engineering, was assisted in the project by Jane Cavanagh, the principal flute of the UNSW symphony orchestra.
Further details of the project can be found at "The Virtual Boehm Flute" http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/music/flute/virtual/
Andrew, whose research has already won him a University Medal, has beaten hundreds of final year students in the fields of electronic, electrical, communication and computer engineering to take out the national prize, worth $25,000.
Andrew's project allows for the prediction of hundreds of thousands of alternate fingerings and multiphonics for the flute. To date, 150 years of flute playing has resulted in only several hundred fingerings. His research, which was supervised by Professor Joe Wolfe and Dr John Smith from UNSW's School of Physics, has resulted in a web service which allows flute players to select the note or chord they wish to play, and then shows them all the possible fingerings. Some 150 flautists from around the world use the site every day. Many unknown or improved ways of playing the flute have been found and verified.
Andrew, a graduand of Computer Science Engineering, was assisted in the project by Jane Cavanagh, the principal flute of the UNSW symphony orchestra.
Further details of the project can be found at "The Virtual Boehm Flute" http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/music/flute/virtual/
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