Monday, November 19, 2007

Tone roads


Japanese engineers develop road surfaces whose grooved asphalt produces musical tones when vehicles are driven over them, BBC Music Magazine reports:

http://www.bbcmusicmagazine.com/newsRead.asp?id=36021&scrollCount=1

"Optimal listening speed," it seems, is 28 mph. So much for using Larry Williams' "Slow Down" as a signature tune.