Pentagram partner Yuri Suzuki has developed a new family of sounds for electric vehicles that hope to replace the "monotonous and annoying" noises made by conventional cars.
Proposed as part of a research project, the soundscape includes two new artificial engine hums that change in pitch depending on the speed of the car, as well as a range of in-car sounds for everything from indicating to starting the ignition. These are adaptive and change based on the location, time and activity, creating an interactive experience reminiscent of a video game, in which different actions elicit different auditory feedback.
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