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This is cool (and I don't even use mechanical keyboards). It reminds me of the movie "The Dilemma" where the characters were making an audio system to emit fake
by perplex 8y ago
This is cool (and I don't even use mechanical keyboards). It reminds me of the movie "The Dilemma" where the characters were making an audio system to emit fake "muscle car" engine sounds for electric vehicles.
Not a great quality clip, but here is the scene:
https://youtu.be/Etu44hXY3zg?t=55 https://youtu.be/Etu44hXY3zg?t=55
- snowwrestler 8y agoSome luxury cars play engine noise through the speakers: https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a15117726/faking-it-engine-sound-enhancement-explained-tech-dept/ https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a15117726/faking-it-en...
- munk-a 8y agoReading through that it looks like sometimes the sound is directed inward at the cabin and other times the speaker is in the engine itself... that latter setup is just so considerate to us pedestrians who love to hear people tear their engines out on short downtown blocks - thanks VW! /s
- mintone 8y agoI worked with a company that conducted some of the research that led to this - a major problem with electric cars at the moment is that pedestrians use the sound of cars to a) register them in the first place and b) judge when the car will arrive (speed). If a conventional vehicle is coming around a corner you can hear it, anticipate its imminent arrival and act accordingly (especially important on country roads without a pedestrian sidewalk) whereas with an electric car the pedestrian receives no such audible warning. So yes, the engine noise is a consideration specifically for pedestrians.