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shw1n
I built this a few years ago in 2021 to learn some CAD, 3-d printing, and because I wanted this to exist so we could make the most of our limited nights out
beardyw
Why a device? Everyone there will have a phone. Phones can identify music and location.

The rest of the problem is left for the reader to solve ;)

shw1n
Thanks for reading!

This was actually addressed in the write up

I considered crowdsourcing, but opted for a device over solving the “cold-start” problem as I thought I’d get more complete data (and have more success)

Unfortunately I was wrong

beardyw
Not quite my take. My phone (Pixel) listens for music even when locked. Since I opted in it keeps log too. It fascinates me to see what music I accidentally heard during the day. That's Google doing it, so I guess my idea was probably only for them to do, matching music and location by default.
shw1n
That's super cool, didn't know that was a feature with the Pixel

Would love to have that running personally