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While kicked back on the sunny deck, the sound of inground sprinklers around the neighborhood can be kind of relaxing:
chik...chik...chik...a-chikchik-a-chikachicka
It would be even better if the sprinkler controller connected to and synchronized with your MP3 audio system, making a really
cool audio / visual multimedia effect in your backyard. (The example above was Rolling Stones "Sympathy for the Devil" in case you didn't catch it).
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I thought the reference was "Magic Bus" |
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This could be used as an audio compression scheme! Compare the download time for the included example as opposed to an MP3 of the same song! Kind of lossy, though. |
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This is a cool Idea, not because of what it is , but rather because of the abstract principle it implies. The Idea of Tuning any facet of one's environment to music is a really cool cool one and I could see a whole series of products geared towards this sort of thing. But I think If I were to revise the idea, I would make it an MP3 player, set up to a pair of translucent luminescent color LCD glasses designed to project various existing "visualizers" en transparent overlay. |
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Another possibility would be combine the earphones with some microphones, and the goggles with some tiny digital cams, and to have a small CPU actually distort the stuff you hear and see so that it is distorted with the music, which would remain ambient. |
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I wonder if it would be possible to use the audio signal to modulate a partially opened solenoid control valve and induce sound waves in to the stream of water. Then the water would actually produce at least a component of the audio in addition to the beat of the electronically controlled sprinkler head. Don't know how well this pressure wave could survive the turbulence/white noise generated by the rest of the sprinkler system. |
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Or maybe this is what you meant and I'm not reading the idea correctly. |
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I thought it was "Oh Yeah" by Yello. |
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Actually, [thumbwax] was exactly right - it was Magic Bus. I was already thinking this idea was awfully dumb when I realized I even had the song wrong! I was thinking about deleting the whole thing, until I saw [Isaac] so whole-heartedly endorse it "not because of what it is". I agree this idea should more be considered for what it is not. |
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So if the grass is greener on the other side, what does that say about the neighbours taste in music? |
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Reminds me of the opening scene to the movie "Caddyshack", where the sprinklers start up at the golf course in time to the song "I'm All Right" by Kenny Loggins. |
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