December 5, 2003
TunA Lets Users Fish for Music
The future of on-the-go peer-to-peer music sharing is already starting to groove in Ireland, according to Wired.
"Media Lab Europe, research partner to MIT Media Lab, is testing tunA, a software application that employs Wi-Fi to locate nearby users, peek at their music playlist and wirelessly jack into their audio stream. Pronounced like the fish and signifying music "tunes" and "ad hoc" file sharing, tunA is being designed for wireless PDAs, cell phones and even its own hardware device.
TunA alleviates the alienation of using a Walkman, and it makes it more of a social experience. You can listen to your music and still open yourself up to people around you," said research fellow Arianna Bassoli, who masterminded the project late last year after researching the way young people in Dublin interact -- or don't -- in public spaces."
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