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Saturday, July 28, 2012

The Torch

Making The Olympics Sound Right, From A 'Swoosh' To A 'Splash'

Inspired by the movie Robin Hood, Olympic sound man Dennis Baxter places microphones along the path to the target to capture the sound of arrows in flight.

July 28, 2012 The clashing of swords, the tick-tock of the table tennis, the robotic "Take your mark!" before the swimmers launch from their blocks — it's one man's job to make sure we hear all those things.

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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Inside NPR.org

Infinite Player Feedback

November 22, 2011 Addressing bug reports and feature requests submitted by users in the first week of testing on the Infinite Player.

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Monday, November 14, 2011

Inside NPR.org

Introducing The 'Infinite Player'

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November 14, 2011 The NPR Infinite Player (beta) is an experiment in continuous listening. Listen to a continuous stream of NPR audio stories from news, arts and life, and music.

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Tuesday, August 04, 2009

Inside NPR.org

The NPR Media Player: Better, Stronger, Faster - And Embeddable

August 4, 2009 Along with the other changes we made during the NPR.org, we've also updated our media player, including making it faster and embeddable.

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Monday, July 14, 2008

Inside NPR.org

Life After the Mobile Web: Will Media Ever be the Same?

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July 14, 2008 Mobile applications like Twitter have certainly changed social media, but is wireless mobility also changing traditional media? In our efforts to create a new way to engage NPR listeners, the team who created the

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