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BeBop Sensors’ BopPad Utilizes Smart Fabric Sensor for Drums

Electronic drum pad made of smart fabric creates unique, accurate drumming experience.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Contributing Editor, Coatings World and Ink World

Smart fabrics are finding opportunities in a wide range of markets, including wearables, health, sports and automotive applications. BeBop Sensors’ smart fabric sensors are finding a home in these fields, as well as in musical applications.   Recently, BeBop Sensors introduced BopPad, in conjunction with Keith McMillen Instruments (KMI) musical instrument company. Keith McMillen, who is BeBop Sensor’s founder and CEO, has a love for music, and he sees smart fabrics as a way to enhance the expe...

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