h a l f b a k e r yA few slices short of a loaf.
add, search, annotate, link, view, overview, recent, by name, best, random
news, help, about, links, report a problem
browse anonymously,
or get an account
and write.
register,
|
|
|
Like all rightminded, upstanding individuals, I have beef with ambient, multisensory polyrhythm, so I propose an aftermarket add on, car mounted visual sensor, linked to the indicator light electrics in your car, that, by means of flash matching, ensures that your indicators, and the concomitant in-car
click click clicking, are perfectly in time with those of the car in front.
Large scale adoption of this product would lead to all cars at any given turn junction flashing their yellow lights in perfect synchronisation, to the amazement of nearby pedestrians.
(?) Synchronicity
http://www.vw.com/commercials/synch.htm
The VW commercial [hippo, Feb 07 2005]
Rainbow Cars
rainbow_20cars
by jutta. can combine with synchronised blinking to create a transitory yet immediately arresting image. [calum, Feb 07 2005]
[link]
|
| |
What might make the collection of signals more visible is if there was a fractional delay from the vehicle in front, so that the flash 'travels' backwards down the queue of traffic. |
|
| |
Reminds me of the Volkswagen "Synchronicity" commercial (linky linky). <rant>The quality of VW's commercials is far better than that of their cars.</rant> |
|
| |
Like the "Corner" indicators on the Autostrada, in Italy? Cool! |
|
| |
One guy left his turn signals on and then the whole lane was on the blink. |
|
| |
If cars were equipped with WWV receivers, this would be bakable for all such cars. All the blinker signals in the entire country synchronized within a small fraction of a second--what a thought. |
|
| |
Hmm. This seems all vaguely familiar. I know the VW ad has come up here before but maybe it had to do with synchronized windshield wipers. |
|
| |
what [oneoffdave] said, I'd think it was safer if, at a given moment in time, the individual flashes were as far apart as possible, thus, a quick glimpse would give you the greatest possible chance of seeing which way a group of cars was indicating. |
|
| |
[bris] That's what I thought. I searched for it though and there was nothing. It's like deja vu all over again. |
|
| |
Being that I rarely watch telly, I have not seen the VW commercial referenced, so any similarity in concept is purely coincidental. |
|
| |
UnaBubba, I'm afraid I don't know the lights of which you speak. Could you, er, enlighten me? |
|
| |
On the Autostrada there is a warning lighting system on corners. |
|
| |
As you come into the corner you see a series of yellow lights that flash sequentially, away from you, along the guardrail. They run for about 400m, part way around the corner (maybe 50 lights in all). They provide a very clear indication as to which way the road goes. |
|
| |
Very handy at the sort of speeds you tend to drive on those roads 200kmh / 125mph. |
|
| |
Cheers, ta. These Italians are crazy. |
|
| |
//Reminds me of the Volkswagen "Synchronicity" commercial// |
|
| |
And if an enterprising radio station chooses to synchronize their music with this beat, listeners can experience that VW commercial firsthand. |
|
| |
A talented hacker could, possibly, use a traffic jam to send messages to low flying aircraft! Or... just pretty swirling patterns. |
|
| |
[supercat] The synchronisation would have to be global otherwise there would be an unsightly clash at borders |
|
| |
Just make sure the patterns don't hypnotize or everyone will be playing chicken. |
|
| |
//[supercat] The synchronisation would have to be global otherwise there would be an unsightly clash at borders// |
|
| |
WWV works throughout the entire continental US as well as adjoining areas of Canada and Mexico. Not sure why nobody seems to have liked my idea to apply the concept to temporary safety-barrier blinkies, though. |
|
| |
I thought I was the only one who cringed at multisensory polyrhythm. |
|
| |
Hippo, unfortunately the link you posted is just to the music, not the whole commercial... |
|
| |
I like the safety barrier idea. |
|
| |
I would question how we are going to explain a potentially complex signal system to all members of society. |
|
| |
This may lead to "road hypnosis". (The condition in which the repetitive click-clunk of the cracks in a highway lull the driver into a semiunconscious state) |
|
| |