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Automatic Volume Car Radio

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From http://www.rasmusen.org/x/2006/11/25/three-inventions/#comments:

A car radio that gets louder as the background noise gets louder, so that the listener continues hear equally well.

erasmuse, Dec 03 2006

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I think this has already been done on some of the luxury car brands. . .

Hyenuf, Dec 05 2006

Kind of a no-brainer. I think Harleys had this feature at least two decades ago. If the speakers were tuned to the speed of the car rather than background noise (including sirens and airplanes), this might be safer on the ears.

nayhem, Dec 05 2006

This is done in my 2006 Scion xB, adjusts volume vs speed.

gnnash, Dec 21 2006

The JVC Kameleon (which was a very popular head unit in the late 90's/early 2000's) had a feature which would read the car's alternator and adjust the volume for higher acceleration.

I also rented a Ford F-150 once which had this feature. It's nice to slow down for a stop sign and not have the music blaring in your ear.

paul1732, Dec 07 2007