{"id":642981,"date":"2013-02-19T16:19:08","date_gmt":"2013-02-19T21:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=611942"},"modified":"2013-02-19T16:19:08","modified_gmt":"2013-02-19T21:19:08","slug":"how-gracenote-is-building-a-car-stereo-that-senses-your-driving-mood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/642981","title":{"rendered":"How Gracenote is building a car stereo that senses your driving mood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I\u2019m driving in the rain on a dreary day, I like to listen some sultry and slightly dissonant jazz \u2013 maybe some Charles Mingus or even some Ornette Coleman \u2013 but when the sun\u2019s out and there\u2019s a large expanse of highway in front of me, I want to listen to something far more upbeat and bright. Wouldn\u2019t it be great if my car stereo knew that and could select songs accordingly? Well, maybe one day it will.<\/p>\n<p>The folks over at Gracenote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?v=10151428906782908\">have hacked the Ford Focus<\/a> to get it to play different kinds of music depending on the car\u2019s current driving state. By tapping into the car\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2012\/10\/15\/forget-custom-rims-hyundai-is-pimping-rides-with-ethernet\/\">Control Area Network<\/a> (CAN) &#8212; the in-vehicle system that handles communications between the car\u2019s different controls and interfaces &#8212; Gracenote was able to get trigger different songs by turning on the windshield wipers or accelerating over 50 mph.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a video Gracenote shot demonstrating the feat at <a href=\"http:\/\/sf.musichackday.org\/2013\/index.php?page=Main+page\">Music Hack Day in San Francisco<\/a> last weekend:<\/p>\n<form id=\"wpcom-iframe-form-8245b4a757df8ea395f28af1e540a016\"  method=\"post\" action=\"http:\/\/wpcomwidgets.com\/\"> <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"frameborder\" value=\"0\" \/> <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"scrolling\" value=\"no\" \/> <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"resize\" value=\"0\" \/> <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"replace_attributes\" value=\"1\" \/> <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"fallback\" value=\"&#60;p class=&#34;protected-embed-fallback&#34;&#62;This embed is invalid&#60;\/p&#62;\" \/> <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"width\" value=\"480\" \/> <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"height\" value=\"270\" \/> <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_data\" value=\"PGlmcmFtZSBzcmM9Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmZhY2Vib29rLmNvbS92aWRlby9lbWJlZD92aWRlb19pZD0xMDE1MTQyODkwNjc4MjkwOCIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzAiIHdpZHRoPSI0ODAiIGZyYW1lYm9yZGVyPSIwIj48L2lmcmFtZT4=,a62193842fbee0449d95fb2c850b6897a6e9bcda\" \/> <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_tag\" value=\"protected-iframe\" \/> <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_hash\" value=\"8245b4a757df8ea395f28af1e540a016\" \/> <\/form>\n<p> <iframe name=\"wpcom-iframe-8245b4a757df8ea395f28af1e540a016\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe> <script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.getElementById('wpcom-iframe-form-8245b4a757df8ea395f28af1e540a016').submit();<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Admittedly, programming a media player to cue up specific tracks whenever you perform a specific action is hardly a mood-sensing stereo. What Gracenote has done here is more of a proof-of-concept for <a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2013\/01\/10\/forget-apps-fords-openxc-project-will-produce-open-source-car-hardware\/\">Ford\u2019s new OpenXC developer\u2019s program<\/a>. Using Ford\u2019s OpenXC specs it built a CAN translator that opens up the vehicle performance and control data that would normally be locked within the car\u2019s computer, making it accessible to the infotainment system. That\u2019s never really been done before except in a case where a developer has worked in direct collaboration with an automaker.<\/p>\n<p>Where Gracenote takes this technology next will be very interesting. Imagine if you could plug this info into Pandora\u2019s music recommendations algorithm. Pandora already knows that when you\u2019re in the mood to listen to the Rolling Stones, you\u2019re also in the mood to listen to Alabama Shakes and other bluesy rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll. 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