<s>
The	O
Miburi	B-Device
is	O
a	O
wearable	O
musical	O
instrument	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
commercially	O
by	O
the	O
Yamaha	O
Corporation	O
’s	O
Tokyo-based	O
experimental	O
division	O
in	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Miburi	B-Device
can	O
be	O
characterized	O
as	O
an	O
“	O
inside-in	O
”	O
system	O
according	O
to	O
Axel	O
Mulder	O
’s	O
three	O
categories	O
of	O
motion	O
sensing	O
systems	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Miburi	B-Device
system	O
consists	O
of	O
a	O
vest	O
with	O
embedded	O
capacitive	B-Algorithm
displacement	I-Algorithm
sensors	I-Algorithm
,	O
two	O
hand-grips	O
,	O
and	O
shoe	O
inserts	O
with	O
pressure	O
sensors	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
belt-worn	O
signal	O
distribution	O
unit	O
joined	O
by	O
a	O
cable	O
to	O
a	O
small	O
synthesizer/MIDI	O
converter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Miburi	B-Device
's	O
belt	O
unit	O
,	O
“	O
MBU-20	O
”	O
,	O
processes	O
data	O
from	O
the	O
sensors	O
into	O
MIDI	O
pitch	O
and	O
velocity	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
features	O
make	O
the	O
Miburi	B-Device
extremely	O
effective	O
as	O
a	O
computing	O
input	O
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
the	O
Miburi	B-Device
’s	O
synthesizer	O
unit	O
is	O
limited	O
in	O
its	O
possibilities	O
as	O
a	O
sound	O
source	O
and	O
more	O
importantly	O
is	O
only	O
able	O
to	O
process	O
gestures	O
in	O
a	O
direct	O
one-to-one	O
relationship	O
to	O
the	O
sounds	O
they	O
produce	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
need	O
to	O
‘	O
tether’	O
the	O
Miburi	B-Device
to	O
its	O
synthesizer	O
unit	O
is	O
also	O
clearly	O
a	O
drawback	O
for	O
movement	O
detection	O
and	O
a	O
restriction	O
for	O
the	O
dancer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
Miburi	B-Device
has	O
the	O
robust	O
design	O
,	O
and	O
very	O
predictable	O
sensor	O
output	O
that	O
might	O
be	O
expected	O
from	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
principal	O
electronic	O
musical	O
instrument	O
manufacturers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Miburi	B-Device
may	O
be	O
combined	O
with	O
more	O
sophisticated	O
sound	O
sources	O
and	O
software-based	O
interactive	O
mapping	O
such	O
as	O
MAX/msp	B-Application
.	O
</s>
