New app turns drawings into music

A new creative app from researchers at Queen Mary, University of London puts the fun into computer programming by transforming photographs of real drawings into music. Tunetrace, which is free to download, translates the photograph into a skeleton of line endings and crossings. Twinkling lights on the screen obey a few very simple rules to navigate across your drawing, making music as they go. Watch how the app works - <img alt="" /><br /><br /><br /><br /> - Tunetrace has been created for iPhone and iPads, and is the latest music-making app to be developed by QApps, Queen Mary's ground-breaking app development venture, which aims to turn cutting edge research and expertise into useful and exciting smartphone technology. QApps developer, digital artist and BAFTA winner Ed Burton commented: "In theory computers are predictable because they obey simple rules. However, I find programming computers to be full of mystery and surprise. Every novel line of code is an experiment - unexpected results often seem mysterious at first and the surprises are fun.