08w29:3 The Future is close enough to touch Posted July 17th, 2008 by timothy. 0 Comments Goodreads | 2008 week 29 number 3 (The future is close enough to touch) The future is close enough to touch | Wayne MacPhail http://www.rabble.ca/news_full_story.shtml?x=73437 “Which is why, a few hours after getting the iPhone, I was holding it up to my bedroom radio, which at the time was playing a song from a Toronto jazz station. Shazam uses the microphone on the iPhone to “listen” to a few seconds of a song you hear on the radio, in a coffee shop or, God forbid, an elevator. Then Shazam analyzes the tune and lets you know what it is and who’s singing it. So, I held the phone to the radio and let Shazam listen for a dozen seconds. You know what? It worked.”
