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The 101 Plays Itself
Five lanes of LA highway turned into an instrument
A live Caltrans traffic camera on the US-101 in Studio City, playing itself as music in your browser. Real traffic on the southbound 101, this minute. Every car that crosses the line plays a note, and the music is being made in your browser as they go past.
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About The 101 Plays Itself on Product Hunt
“Five lanes of LA highway turned into an instrument”
The 101 Plays Itself launched on Product Hunt on September 20th, 2026 and earned 98 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #7 on the daily leaderboard. A live Caltrans traffic camera on the US-101 in Studio City, playing itself as music in your browser. Real traffic on the southbound 101, this minute. Every car that crosses the line plays a note, and the music is being made in your browser as they go past.
On the analytics side, The 101 Plays Itself competes within Music and Cars — topics that collectively have 59.9k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how The 101 Plays Itself performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted The 101 Plays Itself?
The 101 Plays Itself was hunted by Chris Messina. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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This is amazing. One of those project where you might have had the inspiration but not the wherewithal to complete it... but not @jayjudah !
Music is everywhere — you just have to know how to listen! 🎶