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more about #bladerunner more comments → Cliff_Dangers: How about a little control panel where you can choose between stock sounds and an option to upload your own sound files? more » OMG! Ponies!: In other news, if my car could make any sound in the world, that sound would be me, shouting: FUCK YOU ALL! I HATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU COCK-SU... more » OMG! Ponies!: You know what else is dangerous? The frakkin' Hasidic Jews in Williamsburg who wear all black from head-to-toe, have big black beards and big black h... more » J_Frank_Parnell: I'd rather they make it sound like George Jetson's car. more » JackHoliday: I'd like mine to sound like the noise a 6 year old makes when he plays with his toy race cars. more » Kaiser-Machead: Maybe a 1-UP sound should pop with every pedestrian you strike. more » Brisco_County_Jr: . Am I the only one after a BTTF DeLorean engine sound? I'd pay QUADRUPLE for that! more » Voyou_Charmant: I would like "Oh Yeah" by Yello to play as I drive by people. more » HurtsSoGood: The car should be equipped with a transmitter, which transmits a tone to a receiver, which can be mounted inside the blind man's cane or worn around t... more » The Lab: I thought that in the future I'd be traveling via jetpack, not downloading a new EngineTone® from Nissan. more » dentalchicken: I'm confused. Will the car sound like an electric jet engine or Tangerine Dream? Personally, I'd like to drive something that played ambient music, an... more » collectiveego: What an American thing to say...it lacks aural balls of a V8. Is it entirely necessary for the car to be obnoxiously loud and gargling. I'll trade a ... more » Noobs-R-Us: I never understood that part in the movie with the car. Do they not realize how much air that vehicle had to displace in order to float up into the ai... more » kingbob337: Yet, it will still look like crap. If they really cared about the environment they wouldn't make them look so shitty so that people will actually want... more » weatherman: I think this concern about the lack of engine noise coming from an electric/hybrid is absurd. Yet another consequence of the nanny state trying to pro... more » -
#electriccars
Nissan's Next Electric Car Will Sound Like Bladerunner
Electric cars might be beautifully quiet, but they lack the aural balls of a V8, and pose a safety risk to pedestrians. That's why next year's Nissan Leaf will have a whirring sound reminiscent of a Bladerunner Police spinner. More » -
#bladerunner
Blast Electric Sheep With Deckard's Gun, Now Just $150,000
Was Deckard really a replicant? Who cares, his blaster's for sale. More » -
#imageoftheday
Glowing Girls Bring Blade Runner Fashion To Life
Twenty-seven years later, these girls are wearing EL wire and conductive thread in order to bring the spirit of Blade Runner into the 21st century. Or, they were hocking a book. Not sure. [BBGadgets] -
#architecture
15 Blade Runner Style Animated Buildings
A few months ago an LA real estate mogul revealed his plans to light up the LA skyline with giant animated bilboards. Love it or hate it, that was not the first time someone had the idea of creating building facades like those found in Blade Runner. OObect has put together a list of 15 of these architectural marvels—and the best part is that there are plenty of designs that are not all about advertising. [OObject] -
#leds
LA Real Estate Mogul Plans To Light Up Your Life With Blade Runner Inspired Billboards
Being the businessman that he is, it wasn't the movie Blade Runner that struck L.A. real estate mogul Sonny Astani, it was the animated billboards depicted in the opening sequence. In fact, the idea has had such a profound effect on him that he plans on making advertising in 2019 Los Angeles a reality ahead of schedule. His plans call for two 14 story animated billboards to be built on condos set for construction downtown. More » -
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#restorations
How Blade Runner (and Other Old Movies) Get Remastered Into Sweet, Sweet High Definition
When a movie gets remastered for HD, it takes a lot of time and effort to get it looking its best. Sure, studios can do a cheap and dirty transfer and deliver you a shoddy, compressed, crappy looking disc, and many do, but for big-name movies, there's a ton of work that goes into it. More »
