Engineer Riley Walz has created “Bop Spotter”, a box containing a solar-powered Android phone using Shazam that is mounted on ...

San Francisco's Mission District has a new secret ... The curious invention by Riley Walz is no ordinary gadget. Nicknamed the "Bop Spotter," it’s always on, ready to tag every song played ...

Bop Spotter isn't much to look at: it's a plastic box attached near the top of a light pole located in the heart of the Mission District — one of San Francisco's most densely populated and ...

Anyone who’s ever spent any time in San Francisco’s Mission District can tell you of ... an archive of the neighborhood’s musical selections. He calls the project Bop Spotter — a play on words ...

"I installed a box high up on a pole somewhere in the Mission of San Francisco. Inside is a crappy ... I appreciate the commentary: "Heard of Shot Spotter? Microphones are installed across cities ...

So what exactly is Bop Spotter? It’s a playlist created by Riley Walz, who writes on his website, “I installed a box high up on a pole somewhere in the Mission of San Francisco. Inside is a ...

A San Francisco man has a new spin on surveillance ... light pole right there is also listening in. RILEY WALZ: This is Bop Spotter. It's like a living time capsule in real time of what songs ...

Now a story about the sounds of city life - specifically, the music on one street corner in San Francisco's Mission ... RILEY WALZ: This is Bop Spotter. It's like a living time capsule in real ...