Under the roar of the engine: Honda experts have created a soothing plush machine for children
A group of design experts from the Japanese office of Honda noticed that children willingly and quickly fall asleep in cars. This is known by almost all parents who drove the kids in a car. In this regard, the designers invented and developed a plush toy-machine, which reproduces the exact sound of the engines of 37 different machines.
The creators are sure that such a machine will be able to quickly calm a crying child and put to sleep a stubborn person who does not want to go to rest..
The red car was named Sound Sitter. It was created with the involvement of pediatricians and child psychologists. Previously conducted a study that revealed which sounds of the engines of which cars have the most pronounced effect on children.
Doctors said that for babies, the most soothing sounds are similar to those heard in the womb. These are usually low-frequency sounds — the sound of a mother's heart, blood circulation through its vessels, intestinal peristalsis. Therefore, we decided to base it on low-frequency (up to 250 hertz and below) engine sounds.
It turned out that such criteria are fully consistent with some models of Honda - Integra Type R, S2000 and NSX. The sound of the motors recorded.
The machine has a built-in speaker, and you can control the playback of sounds using a smartphone, which easily connects to the toy.
Thousands of parents around the world are already expressing the desire to buy a “sedative” car for their baby, but so far the toy has not been put into mass production. This question has not yet been resolved, because it was created solely in order to conduct a study of the effect of engine sounds on the psyche of children.
While Honda specialists are thinking through the nuances of mass production, on the company's website placed the recordings of the sound of three engines, which were recognized by pediatricians and physiologists as the most effective and efficient in relation to restless children: NSX, Integra Type R 2001 model year and S2000 1999 model year.
Parents can go in and download them for free to try out on personal experience. While the soft red car is expected, you can play the sound of the motors from your mom or dad's smartphone. You can share your feedback on the effect on the company's website, all wishes will be taken into account.
You can try out the effect of the sound of the engine of one of these models right now.