hamilton Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 From the The Toronto Star You're stuck in rush-hour traffic, searching the dial for something to listen to. There's too much Rush on the rock station, too much petunia-talk on the CBC, and too much Celine everywhere else. So you find some jazz on a college station. When the migraine kicks in, you succumb to silence. Someone in this sea of vehicles must have some good tunes, you think, feeling a twinge of impatience for the satellite stations that the CRTC approved last week to actually start broadcasting. If only you could hear what the dude in the tricked-out Sirocco is listening to. Or that tattoo-sleeved redhead in the Country Squire.Soon there could be a way to do just that. A team of students at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh has developed technology that could turn any vehicle into an independent, free-roaming broadcasting station. With Roadcasting, as the prototype is called, a driver could scan and access playlists from other vehicles within a 50-kilometre range, and share his or her own audio files with the same network. Read the full story here . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneMtn Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 I'm thinking of creating a "special" CD for people who do obnoxious things in traffic. As soon as roadcasting becomes the norm, I can make motions from my window to encourage people to tune in and hear what I have to say...This ought to be much more effective than my current use of my finger to that end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaggyBalls Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 the driving disk jockey...set it up with microphones and such...that'd be crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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