Radio 2.0 for development » wifi http://comunica.org/radio2.0 Local & community broadcasting and new ICTs Tue, 18 Jan 2011 19:18:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Mobile community multimedia in a trash bin http://comunica.org/radio2.0/archives/61 http://comunica.org/radio2.0/archives/61#comments Fri, 02 May 2008 16:16:24 +0000 bg http://comunica.org/radio2.0/?p=61 mobile CMC and Jamaica’s Container Project have launched a community multimedia centre (CMC) constructed in a wheeled garbage bin. The bin houses laptop computers, a radio transmitter, wireless internet and other peripherals. The bin will travel around Jamaica and be used to give creative multimedia workshops to inner-city, and otherwise marginalised communities.

The Container Project is an innovative, arts-driven engine for community empowerment through creativity. It is based in a bright yellow converted shipping container in the heart of Palmers Cross, a rural community noted for its poverty and associated social problems.

Read about the mobile CMC on UNESCO’s website.

]]> http://comunica.org/radio2.0/archives/61/feed 0 Internet Radio on your telephone http://comunica.org/radio2.0/archives/54 http://comunica.org/radio2.0/archives/54#comments Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:21:59 +0000 bg http://comunica.org/radio2.0/archives/54 More and more telephones come with built-in FM receivers but a new twist (at least for me) is Nokia’s Internet Radio Beta. It is that you can install on certain Nokia phones in order to listen to streaming internet radio stations on your phone using whatever connection you have available. If you have a wifi connection at home or at a public access point, you can listen for free. If you don’t, you can also listen via GPRS or 3G.

Get more information or download the software from the Nokia Internet Radio page ‘s page or read a review of the software on AllAboutSymbian.com.

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