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	Idea : Music on the Road Date: 2008-04-22 Submitted by: jeffrey Current rating: -- not rated yet -- [log in to rate this item] Idea: On a long non-stop 22 hour car trip (from Dallas to LA), as I was getting high from exhaustion, I started thinking about the sounds tires make on the road...and then I wondered if it could be harnessed for the forces of marketing. I was specifically thinking about the way a record works -- with a needle playing over different levels of grooves. Imagine a CD release accompanied by a music label repaving a patch of highway...along with special grooves in the road that, when driven over, give a 10-20 second clip of a song... It definitely wouldn't have high sound quality, but if it was at all recognizable, it would be really impressive (although it could get annoying for people driving that way every day). I'd like to find out how to model the physics of sounds to see if something like this is even possible (and yes, I realize different tires have different treads, but I still think there can be a generic version that would work...beats are definitely possible -- so the question is can they be layered, and can different pitches be created? Comments: 2008-07-24 15:59:40 sholland Good idea, except it has been done. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/nov/13/japan.gadgets 2008-09-24 11:59:22 jeffrey http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/09/the-road-as-roc.html [log in to post public comments] < back Jeffrey Berthiaume: All the vowels except "o"... and sometimes "y". Hire Jeffrey: if you consider the alternatives, he starts to look pretty good! Needing to Be Heard: Autism support, resources, and message board. TinyQURL: Make any URL into a QR Code! [jeffreality home] [about Jeffreality] [contact Jeffrey] [sign up][login] All copyrights and trademarks listed above are owned by their respective companies and have no association with or make any endorsement of the products or services provided by Jeffrey Berthiaume and jeffreality.com. The jeffreality.com name, design and related marks are trademarks of Jeffrey Berthiaume. Website © 2002-2010 Jeffrey Berthiaume. Ideas © 1973-2010 Jeffrey Berthiaume. All rights reserved.