h a l f b a k e r y
Almost as great as sliced bread.
idea:
add, search, annotate, link, view, overview, recent, by name, best, random
meta:
news, help, about, links, report a problem
account:
Browse anonymously,
or get an account
and write.
or Create a new account.
|
|
|
Please log in.
If you're not logged in,
you can see what this page
looks like, but you will
not be able to add anything.
Electric cars such as the new Toyota Prius
are reasonably fast but completely silent
and thus represent a considerable danger
to pedestrians - and what more
ignominious fate is there than to be
crushed under the wheels of a Toyota
Prius because you didn't hear it coming?
Drivers
of these vehicles could
use their horn but this could be seen as
aggressive. It would be far better for the
car to broadcast music - like ice-cream
vans, except that logic dictates
electric cars should broadcast
electronic music.
The only
downside of this idea is that is might
create Pavlovian responses in people to
leap out of the way when they hear, say,
Depeche Mode or Gary Numan.
Mandated?
http://techdirt.com...414/031117840.shtml
You may wish to claim your prior art, [hippo]! [lurch, Apr 14 2008]
Annotation:
|
| |
I'd play Aphex Twin's "windowlicker", and let the free car wash ensue. |
|
| |
What about the more experimental end of
the genre? I suggest 'musique concrete' or
even an offshoot of that, 'musique
tarmaque'. |
|
| |
You could just play recorded engine noise. Then your Prius could sound like a Lamborghini. |
|
| |
Or maybe the sound of noisy shoes on pavement . . . nah, too pedestrian. |
|
| |
An angry herd of elephants? |
|
| |
The sound of hooves and iron-rimmed wheels on cobbles. |
|
| |