radio

11.22.09

Radio Reinvented

New devices make the most of digital broadcasts

By Amanda Schupak Posted 03.10.2009 at 8:58 am 2 Comments

Many ordinary FM and AM stations transmit small amounts of digital data, such as song titles. And nearly 1,800 channels are entirely digital. Radio manufacturers are starting to take advantage of this extra information, creating gadgets that can not only play music, but also take notes, help you shop, or even save your life.

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Listening In on the DoD

A new military radio show probes science

By Laura Silver Posted 02.05.2009 at 12:22 pm 0 Comments

The Department of Defense has a new voice. Here's what it sounds like:

It's a little tinny at times, but the twice-monthly web radio show, "Armed With Science: Research and Applications for the Modern Military," packs an informational punch. And it's not just targeted to stealth-bomber savants and jet propulsion professionals.

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The Touchless iPod Remote

With a small radio tag in your glove, you can control your music on the slopes with a simple swipe of your hand

By Dave Prochnow Posted 12.11.2006 at 2:00 am 3 Comments

When you´re tearing downhill on your snowboard, it´s a little distracting to take off your glove and dig out your iPod just to, say, hit pause. Instead, build this simple radio-frequency ID system and control your iPod by waving your hand in front of your coat.
A tag sewn into your glove sends instructions to a reader stashed in your pocket.
Unwire Your iPodCost: $161Time: 6
HoursEasy | | | | |
Hard

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Wanna Be a DJ?

Stream a few songs to friends or be the next shock jock—here's how to let loose your inner Johnny Fever

By Nigel Powell Posted 06.27.2005 at 1:00 am 0 Comments

Dept.: Geek GuideTech: DIY Internet Radio Cost: Free-$2,850Time: 10 minutes and upDabbler | | | | | Master

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You Deserve Your RiVo

THE ISSUE: The RIAA wants to take away your right to record songs off the radio

Posted 04.18.2005 at 11:00 pm 0 Comments

Outgoing Federal Communi-cations Commission chair Michael Powell once told an audience at the International Consumer Electronics Show that TiVo was “God's machine.” He's right. Once you've had one, you can never go back to dumb TV, where you're stuck watching whatever is actually on at that moment.

Today you can buy similar devices for radio—sometimes called RiVos—including Griffin's Radio Shark and Neuros's MP3 Computer, that connect to your computer and record programs to your hard drive.

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