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WHACK THIS POSTER TO CHANGE SONGS

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While the rest of us have progressed from fast forwarding tapes to skipping CD tracks and onto shaking our iPod to skip songs, employees at London-based digital creative firm Agency Republic studios have yet another way to interact with music. They've created a sound system that’s controlled by a poster that changes songs when something is thrown at it.



The poster is hooked up to a knock sensor that’s connected to an Arduino nano encased in a “magic box.” All of that is connected to Spotify, the digital music service. When someone throws something at the poster -- shoe, eraser, pen, copy machine -- it will move on to the next song in the Spotify queue. Put this in every office setting and you'll get to know your co-workers music preferences pretty quick, which could either lead to camaraderie or all-out music warfare.



Check out the video for demo: http://news.discovery.com/tech/poster-changes-songs-when-hit-120427.html



Question: What do you think about this and would you want this poster?
 
...they'd better put a bin under there.



I guess it's an interesting idea... music in public places can be such a pain.
 
Could get hazardous in the workplace with this poster:



When someone throws something at the poster -- shoe, eraser, pen, copy machine
 
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