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The "Singing" Highway in South Korea

Posted November 30, 2007 10:45 AM

From Neatorama:

Driving down the highway in South Korea can be a musical experience (just enough to get your attention, in case you're sleepy or not paying attention): The road is carved into thousands of grooves. When the car tire hits the grooves, the vibrations turn into a sound source. It makes different tunes depending on the size of the grooves … The rhythm is controlled by the lengh of the groove. For example to get one second of the "do" note, the groove is stretched 28 meters.

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Re: The "Singing" Highway in South Korea

11/30/2007 11:23 PM

We have those here, approaching intersections on main highways.

They certainly get your attention, but are mainly mostly effective on car-sized radial tyres.

On truck-bus sized Crossply tyres, you hardly notice those grooves.....

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