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Listen to Internet Radio over Wifi

Posted by michael on from the doing-things-the-hard-way dept.

wildumut writes "There's an article on the Register about new WIFI radio tuners, worth a look. 'Wi-Fi is not only freeing up notebook and PDA users to connect to the Internet from anywhere in the home, it's also making Internet radio work (almost) like the real thing.'" The company website has some more information, but these aren't available for sale yet.

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  1. I've had it for years by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've had wireless radio for years. It's called... erm... radio.

  2. This sounds very scary by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Doesn't this mean people will be able to drive around pulling radio broadcasts out of thin air? I don't want to live in a world like that.

    1. Re:This sounds very scary by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'm wearing THREE pieces of tin foil today! One for AM, one for FM, and one for WiFi radio!

  3. With all the Wi-Fi traffic... by dawg+ball · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... how long will it be before we can grill a chicken by hanging out the kitchen window on the end of a stick and cook it with RF?

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    1. Re:With all the Wi-Fi traffic... by MemoryAid · · Score: 5, Funny
      Well, if a microwave oven is about 2000 watts, and a WiFi access point is about 1 watt, and it takes about 10 minutes to cook a chicken in a microwave (depending on size, of course), then it should take about 20,000 minutes to cook a chicken. Some adjustment needs to be made for the 'gain' of the microwave, because all the energy is trapped inside the box, and WiFi is radiated into free space. An additional adjustment needs to be made for proximity, because it is probably not convenient to have your access point close to your chicken.

      Well, I wouldn't try it after reviewing the (rough) numbers, because the chicken would definitely spoil before being cooked.

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    2. Re:With all the Wi-Fi traffic... by Monsieur+Canard · · Score: 2, Funny

      it is probably not convenient to have your access point close to your chicken.

      Am I the only one who thinks this sounds wonderfully dirty?

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      He took a duck to the face at 250 knots.
  4. Radio on WiFi by sshtome · · Score: 5, Funny

    Let me just check.

    I can buy a radio, listen, enjoy.

    Or I can buy a computer, buy a wireless lan card, buy a wireless lan radio, configure everything, PAY for a reasonable intenet connection, listen, enjoy (within a small area around my hub)

    Ah that's real progress :)

  5. Big Deal by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    I've had a wired radio (a Stereo) for even longer, not only does it have clearer connections, but the bandwidth is greater.

    Only problem is that damn 200 mile long cable that connects to my car

  6. Re:Ya know... by maxbang · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ugh - retrofitting my house for wireless connectivity was a royal pain in the ass, man. My heart goes out to you and the effort you'll be putting into this. Plugging in that Dlink wireless router and using the web interface to configure it nearly gave me a asthma attack.

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  7. Maybe I'm Missing Something by value_added · · Score: 4, Funny

    Saying something like "In excess of ten thousand radio stations broadcast their programs on the Internet." is all well and good, but the thing has a knob, doesn't it? If it was A Really Big Knob, I imagine you could scan through a few hundred stations, but wouldn't it have to be A Really Really Awfully Big Knob to get through all of them?

  8. Wow! by Kenja · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wow! Wireless radio, what will they think of next.

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    1. Re:wow! by gcaseye6677 · · Score: 2, Funny

      On the flip side, maybe Air America will actually be able to stay on the air for a little while, with something like this.

  9. The First 3 Minutes... by AvantLegion · · Score: 3, Funny

    ME: "Hey, this is great! I can listen to IDM and doom metal and prog-rock radio stations on the go!"

    RADIO: "Coming up next - King Crimson"

    ME: "Awesome! King Crimson on wifi internet radio!"

    RADIO: "Cat's foot - iron BUFFERING...."

    ME: "Iron "buffering"? That's not the right lyric"

    RADIO: "Politicians BUFFERING.... BUFFERING...."

    ME: "Screw this! Why did I sell my iPod for this??"