BBC Olinda digital radio: Social hardware

Olinda is commissioned by BBC Audio & Music Interactive R&D, and designed and built by Schulze & Webb Ltd in London, UK.


It is a prototype digital radio that has your social network built in, showing you the stations your friends are listening to. It’s customizable with modular hardware, and aims to provoke discussion on the future and design of radios for the home.

“Six lights on Olinda show when a close friend is listening to the radio, using wifi and Radio Pop, the BBC’s website for sharing ‘now playing’ information. Each light is a button: you can tune in to listen along with them, discovering new stations via your social network.”

 

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May 7, 2008 - Architecture    
Author: Shan Tara

3 Responses to “BBC Olinda digital radio: Social hardware”

  1. José Says:
    May 7th, 2008 at 4:35 pm

    Hi,

    All this thing about social this and that is quite neat.
    But sometimes I can’t avoid to remember George Orwell’s book 1984.
    I think there’s already too much control over our heads.

    Kind regards,

    José

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