The 101 Plays Itself

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A live traffic camera on the US-101 highway generates music in real-time through a browser application.

<p> Five lanes of LA highway turned into an instrument </p> <p> <a href="https://www.producthunt.com/products/the-101-plays-itself?utm_campaign=producthunt-atom-posts-feed&amp;utm_medium=rss-feed&amp;utm_source=producthunt-atom-posts-feed">Discussion</a> | <a href="https://www.producthunt.com/r/p/1255982?app_id=339">Link</a> </p>
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# The 101 Plays Itself: Five lanes of LA highway turned into an instrument | Product Hunt Source: [https://www.producthunt.com/products/the-101-plays-itself](https://www.producthunt.com/products/the-101-plays-itself) A live Caltrans traffic camera on the US\-101 in Studio City, playing itself as music in your browser\. Real traffic on the southbound 101, this minute\. Every car that crosses the line plays a note, and the music is being made in your browser as they go past\.

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