We ’ve all dead discovered there ’s something even more tedious than watching paint dry : wash our hands for 20 whole seconds . To make the necessary but excruciating process feel like it does n’t drag on constantly , thissoap ticker speakerswaps Happy Birthday for tracks from yourSpotify report .
The Scrubber was create by the hardware hacker at Pittsburgh’sDeeplocalwho shared a complete parts list , build instructions , and even the impost code they prepare over onGithubfor anyone with the needed acquisition ( wiring , soldering , programming , etc . ) to build for themselves .
When complete , fully functional , and presumably right waterproof given the eventual close proximity of all those electronics to a working faucet , the scrub brush will automatically play 20 seconds of arbitrarily pick out music from your most play Spotify tracks of the hebdomad so you ’ll actually want to whistle along .
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To insure maximal entertainment and tiresomeness distraction note value , those 20 - second song snippets are n’t randomly take from the heart of a track either . Instead , they ’re taken from the prevue time that Spotify makes publicly uncommitted for every track . The clips are algorithmically pick out to let in the best part of a give song . So in add-on to secure that helping hand lavation is being done for an decent length of time , the Scrubber will also potentially encourage mass to wash their hands more often with the chance to revisit their favorite hits . Every petty misdirection helps .
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