synchstep
I remember the first day I walked to work in New York with my iPod (yeah, yeah, I was a late adopter on that one). The feeling that I had my own personal soundtrack was awesome. Of course, so was the lack of incessant honking and shouting…
Well, for all you iPhone owners, the next evolution of your personal soundtrack has arrived…almost. It’s called synchstep. Designed by Greg Elliott (a fellow POKER), synchstep is an iPhone app that analyzes the music in your library and matches the beat rate to your current walking pace.
What does that mean in simple terms? Well, it means that as you strut down the street feelin’ like the bees knees, every foot strike lands with the beat of whatever song is playing. You walk to the music.
Synchstep is currently in beta testing, but from all the chatter around the office, it’s nothing short of awesome. And if you think the iPhone app is impressive, you should check out the earlier iterations of synchstep. Greg hand built the original mp3 players used for the experiment, which started as a grad school project, and finished them out in wood and brushed metal.
Keep an eye out for synchstep in the near future.
