Thinkgeek.com has just put up for sale an amazing t-shirt with a functioning graphic equalizer built into the front. It responds to "ambient sound or music" (which I guess doesn't qualify as both ambient and sound).
The t-shirt is called the T-qualizer and is perfect for the sound techs who tune a set of speaker stacks to match a room by blasting white noise and wandering about a room with a meter, gradually going deaf in the process. Instead, hire a bunch of Walmart turnover to don these shirts and stand in a grid throughout the room while you stand on stage tweaking the mix until all shirts show a level meter.
Pros:
- Look at it! LED geeky audio wonkery!
- It sets a new standard for those whose wardrobe is largely t-shirt centric.
Cons:
- It's $40.
- It's battery operated. A solar version of this would kick some tech tail.
- It's hand washable (battery pack is removable).
I will not be getting one of these until it's machine washable, yet I yearn. I yearn.