Australian scientists (and I use the term scientist very lightly) have perfected a t-shirt that may allow aspiring air guitarists worldwide to be not just visually unpleasant but, audibly annoying.

The scientists, from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), who swear they were totally doing real science stuff and not just foolling around in the lab with a t-shirt and various and sundry noisemakey bits, describe the shirt as an "easy to use, virtual instrument that allows real time music making, even by players without significant musical or computing skills."

I can only imagine that this will be quickly banned from actual air-guitar competition (which exists, seriously.. it really does).

And, with all the sincerity I can possibly muster at this point, I do have to mention that I think I hear an ASCAP executive on the phone with the lawyers. Does air guitar actually have any substantial non-infringing uses?

[via Reuters: Oddly Enough]