Life of Pi Ep.5: Ode to Joy on car horns, in a traffic jam
A fidget toy for adults turns a traffic jam into Ode to Joy. This is an echoPi video. echoPi is an EDC fidget slider and pocketable instrument: its clicks are real physical stops you can set up in the app, and every click can play a note. Turn the sound off and it becomes a quiet fidget for the office. echoPi is in development.
Life of Pi Ep.5: Ode to Joy on car horns, in a traffic jam
Animated short. Hardware in development.
Watch on YouTube ↗A traffic jam plays Beethoven
Stuck in traffic with horns going off everywhere. Pi sits on the dashboard, presses its head, and each press makes one car honk one note. Five cars, five pitches, Beethoven's Ode to Joy. The drivers join in, the jam ahead finally moves... and one driver behind has opinions.
What would you play in a traffic jam?
Music: Beethoven, Ode to Joy (public domain). Piano samples: nbrosowsky/tonejs-instruments (CC BY 3.0). Toy cars: Kenney (CC0).