Piano Stairs - Making Music While You Climb!

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Would people choose to climb rather than take an escalator if the stairs were more fun? While this may sound like a no-brainer to kids, it is not as clear-cut with adults. Hence the folks at car company Volkswagen, decided to try this fun stunt and the results, as most kids would say - were quite predictable.

The experiment was conducted at the Odenplan station in Stockholm, Sweden's capital city, where workers toiled all night to transform the staid subway stairs into a magical working piano keyboard.

Now by simply walking up the stairs, everybody could make amazing music. They soon noticed that commuters who normally headed straight for the escalator, paused for a minute, intrigued by the new stairs and then actually climbed them, some even jumping from one stair to the other. A two-day observation of the commuter's behavior revealed a sixty six percent increase in usage of the stairs - A no-brainer as most kids would say.

The company calls the phenomenon, 'fun theory' - using fun to change people's behavior for the better', and plans to conduct many more similar experiments, which they will post on a soon-to-be-launched website called 'fun theory.com'. We for one can't wait to see what they come up with next!

sources: dailymail.co.uk,senselost.com

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79 Comments
  • Tammyabout 14 years
    That would be fun
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    • lol1492about 14 years
      kool
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      • lol1492about 14 years
        kool
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        • 333333about 14 years
          um ok
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          • j ping pong dudeover 14 years
            i wish i had those stairs
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            • Emmaalmost 15 years
              That's so awesome!
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              • minamiiiabout 15 years
                Now, many Japanease people use escalator or elevator in the station. Especially Yokohama station is terrible problem. It causes a jam. It can solve this problem, but if yokohama station take in this 'fun theory', it will remain that sound problem.
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                • minamiiiabout 15 years
                  Now, many Japanease people use escalator or elevator in the station. Especially Yokohama station is terrible problem. It causes a jam. It can solve this problem, but if yokohama station take in this 'fun theory', it will remain that sound problem.
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                  • minamiiiabout 15 years
                    Now, many Japanease people use escalator or elevator in the station. Especially Yokohama station is terrible problem. It causes a jam. It can solve this problem, but if yokohama station take in this 'fun theory', it will remain that sound problem.
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                    • the unnonover 15 years
                      it was coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool
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