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Really wouldn't be too hard to bake. Basic, cheap, analog version could be set up using an array of directional microphones, a simple circuit, and a panel of LEDs. More expensive versions with sound recognition and LCD display would be bakable as well. |
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<--- Idiot next to you with stereo pounding
Needs new brake pads ---> |
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Beautiful illustration, [Mr Burns]. Sums it up nicely and with words! |
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I misread this as "A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Monks" and got a totally different image in my head. |
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Heck, I have normal hearing and I'd like to have this too. Half the time when I'm in traffic and hear a honking horn, I can't tell from which direction it came. |
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This is a great idea. Perhaps a "rumble box" style setup in the driver's seat cushioning which would vibrate compass-point wise to give direction and intensity of sound avoiding having attention being diverted to a visual display. + |
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It might be simpler to have this a PDA style auto accessory style system which can be transfered easily from vehicle to vehicle. Using four small suction cup microphones to attach to the windows, and a small laser procestor on the dashboard that can project onto the windshield. That way detection would be omnidirectional and there could be a 360 degree representation on the windshield that is in effect a heads up display. It could look like a compass with an arrow pointing in the direction of the disturbance and that could be longer or shorter depending on the percieved decibel level of the sound. The only problems I could see logistically speaking would be noise from inside your own vehicle causing interference. This could be corrected using a fifth microphone at the center inside of the vehicle and a noise cancelling cicuit inside the device. Altogether a good idea, and I think quite marketable. |
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