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Transmitting to your Neighbors, or Tuning In to that Girl Standing at the Bus Stop across the Street...A new software application is being tested in Ireland that will allow portable MP3 audio player listeners to "tune in" to each other. Called tunA, the application is being designed with the purpose of turning a private listening experience into a social activity, and is being tested at a small art college in Dublin to see how the students interact with the technology.
We already have the ability to broadcast to each other; there have been FM transmitters available for decades at your local Radio Shack, which have recently enjoyed a revival since the advent of devices like the iPod. (See the TuneCast FM Transmitter and the iTrip.) The only problem is, these gizmos only transmit short distances--very short distances. Like 6 feet or so, if you're lucky. tunA, which takes advantage of WiFi technology, has the potential to broadcast to much greater distances. Additionally, the application can give access to playlist information--so you'll always know what song is playing, even if you're too shy to ask the broadcaster yourself. I think this technology sounds interesting, if not entirely what I want in an Internet radio device. Of course, it's not an Internet radio device--it's simply an add-on, like the FM transmitter, that will allow you to stream your audio to each other. A true Internet radio device will allow you to tune in most anywhere, and to a wide variety of webcasts. But we can have fun with tunA until that day arrives.
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