{"id":6574,"date":"2013-05-24T08:53:13","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T12:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=6574"},"modified":"2013-05-24T08:53:13","modified_gmt":"2013-05-24T12:53:13","slug":"this-bbc-radio-adapts-programming-to-match-your-environs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/this-bbc-radio-adapts-programming-to-match-your-environs\/","title":{"rendered":"This BBC radio adapts programming to match your environs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thank to SWLing Post reader Mike for passing this along. The possibilities of adaptive radio broadcasts in distance learning alone are most inspiring:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6575\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/BBCRadioPerceptivePrototype.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6575\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6575\" alt=\"(Photo: BBC Technology; Greg Povey)\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/BBCRadioPerceptivePrototype-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/BBCRadioPerceptivePrototype-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/BBCRadioPerceptivePrototype-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/BBCRadioPerceptivePrototype.jpg 304w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6575\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo: BBC Technology; Greg Povey)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>(Source: <a title=\"BBC Technology\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-22637945\" target=\"_blank\">BBC Technology<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A radio that is able to change a broadcast depending on where you are and what you are doing has been demonstrated by the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>The Perceptive Radio, produced by the corporation&#8217;s Future Media North Lab, is thought to be a world first.<\/p>\n<p>The team produced a computer-generated radio drama where the script altered depending on factors such as weather.<\/p>\n<p>The device was shown off at the Thinking Digital Conference in Gateshead.<\/p>\n<p>The proof-of-concept drama, which used a computer-generated voice for one of the characters, could adapt on the fly according to data pulled from external sources.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, it could make reference to local places which would differ depending on where in the world you were.<\/p>\n<p>Or it would mention weather conditions that were dependent on what was happening in the real world &#8211; such as replacing the phrase &#8220;it&#8217;s sunny outside&#8221; with &#8220;it&#8217;s raining&#8221;.[&#8230;]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a title=\"BBC Tech\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-22637945\" target=\"_blank\">Continue reading on BBC Technology<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thank to SWLing Post reader Mike for passing this along. The possibilities of adaptive radio broadcasts in distance learning alone are most inspiring: (Source: BBC Technology) A radio that is able to change a broadcast depending on where you are and what you are doing has been demonstrated by the BBC. The Perceptive Radio, produced [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[836,3,26],"tags":[1946,104,1945,1944,1947],"class_list":["post-6574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-products","category-news","category-radios","tag-adaptive-radio","tag-bbc","tag-bbc-perceptive-radio","tag-bbc-technology","tag-future-media-north-lab"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1I2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":51721,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/bbc-crowd-science-how-does-my-radio-work\/","url_meta":{"origin":6574,"position":0},"title":"BBC Crowd Science: &#8220;How does my radio work?&#8221;","author":"Thomas","date":"January 31, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Kris Partridge, for sharing the following story: Crowd Science: How does my radio work? 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