I found this article in our local newspaper this morning. 137 years later and, well, Edison is probably rolling over in his grave.

How about Dr. Bose and the concept of direct/reflected sound? Instead of speakers facing the listener, he pointed them in different directions and achieved a more concert-like sound quality.

At a time when bigger was better in terms of speakers, he pioneered the use of multiple small speakers to achieve better sound reproduction in outdoor concert settings as well.

And now, in his seventieth year, he’s come up with a totally new type of suspension system for cars.

This is an excerpt taken from the magazine Siliconeer:

“Amar Bose is best known as a sound whiz. But Project Sound is not about new-fangled acoustics. It is a research project that took all of 24 years which would never have survived in any publicly-held company driven by quarterly profits and run by bean-counting accountants. It also promises to revolutionize the conventional auto ride, because the product of Project Sound, the Bose suspension system, replaces automotive shock absorbers with ultra fast linear electromagnetic motors. The system isolates the passenger compartment from bumps and dips and eliminates pitching and rolling during braking and turning.”

Google Dr. Bose and you’ll find a number of articles about his personal creative mantra and how, as a teacher at MIT, he has inspired thousands of other electrical engineers.

Pretty fascinating guy, who may be retired but still defines creativity in his discipline — and beyond.

The inspiration for this comment is a combination of the Edison/George Martin bios with the 359 degree piece (looking at things from the non-view) that got me thinking about similarly bent minds.