Coming Soon, Roadcasting

ByteWoopy writes "from Wired.com 'Stuck in traffic and sick of Howard Stern, you may soon be able to tune in to the music collection of the person in the car in front of you. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are developing an ad hoc networking system for cars that would allow any driver to broadcast music to any other vehicle within a 30-mile radius. Developed by a group of current and former master's students at the Human Computer Interaction Institute, the Roadcasting project would allow drivers to stream their MP3 music collections by Wi-Fi or similar technology to any other vehicle within range that is equipped with compatible hardware and software. '"

Comments

So...

[nathan s]

...if the hot chick in the Benz starts playing "Naughty Girl" when I tune in, then I should take it as an invitation to follow her home?

Re:So...

[Hoi Polloi]

Not if the next track she plays is NWA's "Straight Outta Compton"

VAN

[ari_j]

This is what you would call a Vehicle-Area Network, or VAN for short.

Sounds similar to a system in Cory Doctorow's EST

[arevos]

Cory Doctorow's Eastern Standard Tribe had essentially the same system described. I wonder if these chaps got their inspiration from EST, or if it's a case of life imitating art.

Tune in, Turn on, Turn left

[ackthpt]

hey, welcome to traffic jams from station 620-LPT, the black thunderbird! It's 5:30 PM and how's your coolant level? We've got the Smiths coming up, but first, the driver of the Red Explorer, your left turn signal has been on for the past two miles, are you turning any day now? [cue music]

Re:Hah

[Rei]

I'm just picturing transmissions such as:

"And this next song goes out to the owner of the white Ford Mustang, license plate A3G-D92, who just cut me off in traffic.

(song "I Hope You Die" kicks in: "I hope ya flip some guy the bird, He cuts you off and you're forced to swerve, In front of the beatles' tour bus, A bookmobile and a mack truck...")

Re:Ummmm handheld radio?

[YrWrstNtmr]

How is this different from, say, a handheld radio with microphone input hooked up to an ipod?

Because you have not inserted enough buzzwords into the concept.

WiFi
ad hoc network
*casting
nodes
mesh

I could go on, but you get the idea.

here's a novel idea... "ear-casting"

[Tenebrious1]

How about creating some device that will let iPod users listen to their own music? Some sort of personal speaker system that pumps their music directly into their own ears, so no one else can hear it, so it bothers no one else, that allows them the flexibility to listen to their particular style of music? There *must* be some way to do this!