By Eliot Van Buskirk May 15, 2008 | 5:36:45 PM

You know that rhythmic sound that results from rolling a suitcase down a sidewalk as the wheels encounter each crack?
Jose Angel Olivares and Matthew Young tapped that same concept to create Picture Me Rollin', "a manufactured surface designed to produce beats
as roller luggage is pulled across." The photo (courtesy of Make) shows it at the ITP Show in New York.

The wheels hit different bumps and textures as they traverse the
floor, creating beats that are picked up by contact microphones and run
through Max/MSP programmable audio software to generate beats.

The team plans to create multiple surfaces in parallel to allow
multiple bags to play more complex
melodies and rhythms, and say they want to install Picture Me Rollin'
in airports, bus stations, train stations, and even places where people
rollerblade, including New York's Central Park.

Schiphol, perhaps? The Dutch are occasionally up for stuff like this.