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You’re listening to the streets.

Knock down your arial.

Bop Spotter is a cool little project where someone set up a box in San Francisco to listen to and try to detect the tunes people play in cars, on boomboxes – the tunes that echo out to the world.

Inside the box is a crappy Android phone, set to Shazam constantly, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It’s solar powered, and the mic is pointed down at the street below.

Take a listen and hear the sounds of nature. Urban nature.

Bop Spotter Website

Shoutout to Nikhil, Raffi and Shihao for advice/help building the project! And thanks to MSCHF for design inspiration.