Siobhan O'Flynn's 1001 Tales http://1001tales.posterous.com tracing the roots & tendrils of storytelling today posterous.com Tue, 01 Feb 2011 03:35:00 -0800 Do I LOVE This? Oh Yes: MTA.me: Google Engineer Turns Subway Lines Into Musical Instruments | Co.Design http://1001tales.posterous.com/do-i-love-this-oh-yes-mtame-google-engineer-t http://1001tales.posterous.com/do-i-love-this-oh-yes-mtame-google-engineer-t
Alexander Chen used HTML5 and Massimo Vignelli's famous subway map to turn NYC's mass transit system into a playable musical instrument.

Manhattan denizens sometimes describe the sounds of the subway as the city's incidental music. Now programmer/designer Alexander Chen has created a more soothing version with MTA.me, an interactive NYC subway map-turned-musical-instrument that uses transit lines as its strings.

Play the subway here!

http://www.mta.me/

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