What Would You Do To Make London A Better Place?
Instead of the Oyster machines making the same beeping noise when you go through, each one has a different musical note, such as a piano key.
Posted by Raymond Chan 6 months ago · 4 comments reply
Posted by Raymond Chan 6 months ago · 4 comments reply
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ahaha I love this!
Posted by abc3d about 6 months ago
In Tokyo, each different tube station has it's own different melody that plays when the door opens to alert sleeping passengers that they've arrived at their destination - all cheers everything up! They also pump the smell of baked goods into stations in random busy stations in rush hour to stop people being so annoyed about being shoveled on the train. Lovely crazyness!
Posted by Nathan Miller about 6 months ago
Hey Nathan, thanks for that. I like the idea of the different melodies for each station. Maybe some of the more well-known stations have their own signatures. For example, Leicester Square could have dramatic violin chords to reflect it's association with theatre and cinema. Or Aldgate East could have Sitar notes to reflect the proximity of the Brick Lane community...
Posted by Raymond Chan about 6 months ago
I think that's a fantastic idea. We seem to have inadvertently allowed ugly beeping sounds to become a huge part of our lives: computers, microwaves, car alarms, phones, door buzzers, and my personal pet hate - the one that beeps repeatedly when you leave a car door open or seat belt off... Oyster gates are a good place to make this sort of thing sound nice, because people pass through in such quick succession - pick the right notes and you could have an effect like wind chimes. Some people might prefer silence, but nobody likes discordant beeping.
Posted by spdrmnky about 6 months ago
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