The Next Layer - Launch

A new public wireless interface: Hivenetworks successfully launch 'Street Radio' in Southampton

Armin Medosch — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:59:03 +0000

On Friday the 14th of March 2008 ten 'street radio' nodes went live in Southampton narrowcasting Hidden Histories -- stories from Southamptons Oral History Archive selected and arranged to correspond with the location of the 10 nodes.

Listening

Armin Medosch — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:16:28 +0000

Another listener at Node 07. Some people did seem to get quite into it and the feedback was quite overwhelmingly positive.

Hivenetwork Crew

Armin Medosch — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:16:20 +0000

Hivenetwork crew, from left to right: Wolfgang Hauptfleisch, Alexei Blinov, Cieron Edwards. Do they look happy? Yes. Are they tired? I guess so, especially Wolfgang who had to come down to Southampton the day before to solve some last minute problems.

Helen Sloan

Armin Medosch — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:16:11 +0000

Helen Sloan of Scan sampling the work

Group of listeners in front of Titanic engineer's memorial

Armin Medosch — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:16:02 +0000

Oral History Experts

Armin Medosch — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:15:56 +0000

The three ladies in this image either work for Southampton City Council heritage services or support the OHU as a volunteer. They took their time to listen into each node and apparently enjoyed it.

Cieron and Alexei

Armin Medosch — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:15:50 +0000

test 1-2-1-2, it works!

Hivebox on Lambpost in front of former Tyrell and Green building

Armin Medosch — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:15:34 +0000

The box in the image is node 07 and it plays stories about food of the poor and aspects of domestic life. For some reason this node has one of the best receptions, acoustically speaking -- it can be heard clearly from quite far away.

Group with Paul Grover

Armin Medosch — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:15:15 +0000

Two Fans of the 'Wireless'

Armin Medosch — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:15:02 +0000