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Scientists have found that “carbon nanotubes could pose a cancer risk similar to that of asbestos”, The Guardian reports. The researchers have suggested “the government should restrict the use of the materials to protect human health”, the newspaper says. Carbon nanotubes are strong, light cylindrical molecules of carbon that are used industrially to add strength but not weight to products. They are reported to be a similar in size and shape to certain asbestos particles.

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Complete Guide to Radio Podcast Part 3: Creat Your Own Podcast!

The Basics

Contrary to what many people might think, radio Podcast refers to the concoction of specific methods and not really a new invention in and of itself.

For example, let’s say you are but a little voice in a big world and you long to be a radio podcast. How would you go about that?

First of all, get yourself recorded digitally using a computer software program. Then you would need to convert that voice to an MP3 file format. After that, you have to put that file into some kind of syndication feed (think… RSS or Atom.) The feed has to be transferable to an MP3 player or news and radio aggregator that accepts audio feeds.

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That is the basics of radio Podcasting over the web and exactly how to do it. There are many methods to converting your recorded audio into readable RSS formatted files and putting them on a web server. The basic idea is to convert your recorded audio files into an RSS document using the XML language. You can hand code this process in XML or use a simple RSS file generator and open source Podcast publishing tools. As the publisher you can choose what information to include inside the document, in turn, that information will be what subscribers hear and see when they listen (view) your podcast through their reader.

Just like with any online content, in order to gain an audience and have your podcast distributed you also need a bit more information beyond the recording and syndicating. You need to have a way to put the feed URL into the readers of your target subscriber base. Once you have created your RSS file all you have to do is upload that file and all of your audio files onto the web. If you have access to your own website, blog or web server you can simply publish your RSS file and audio files on your website and give people the link to subscribe to it. You can also put your RSS file in online directories related to your Podcast topic and gain a larger audience base.

In conclusion, Radio Podcasting is a method of utilizing existing technologies to facilitate new ways of distributing portable audio media. The idea is fairly new and originated out of a two word description (Radio Podcast) of portable audio media. With the wave of online media communication including: blogging, online communities and user generated news items radio podcasting sprung. Using the relatively simple XML and RSS technologies, online radio can be updated, distributed and listened to daily through feed readers across the world.

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Complete Guide to Radio Podcast Part 2: History and Technology

The History

The history of the Podcast goes back a relatively short ways considering its use of newer technologies and ideas. The true beginning of the term “Radio Podcast” as it is used today would have to be February 12, 2004. Bill Hammersley is a British journalist and in one of his articles in The Guardian (A British Newspaper) he referred to the boom of amateur radio and portable audio blogging in many ways, one term he used while describing and examining current portable audio technologies was, “Podcasting.”

While this marks the first documented appearance of the word, “Podcast” it does not mark the beginnings of Podcast technology. After all, it is merely a word to describe a sequence of methods used to record, easily distribute and mobilize audio media. In order to delve deeper into the history of Podcasting, further explanation of the technology behind it is needed.

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The Technology

Receiving audio media through an automatic tool requires what is now known as a feed reader or aggregator. Distributing media to these readers requires XML files containing the information to read from. These XML formatted files originally contained what is now called RSS (really simple syndication.) This automation of transfer is done through the use of the internet and identified using a uniform resource identifier, most commonly a URL and/or URI. This information is placed inside the feed, usually and initially as an RSS file. Using the uniform resource identifier and internet availability the feed is put online and individuals can obtain (subscribe to) the feed and read its contents through their feed reader.

The technology behind the RSS documents exists as an XML document. XML stands for Extensible Markup Language and is the formatted code that is placed inside the RSS document. While the language inside an RSS document is written in XML, the file extension of the RSS file is .rss. The information stored inside an RSS file can include many different things including title, description, dates, file URL, file type, etc. The RSS file must contain the location of your audio file in order to play correctly. The location of your audio file called out inside the XML document is in direct relation to the entire website, weblog, etc.. For example, if your audio files are in a sub directory folder labeled, “podcastfiles,” your website address is: http:///www.mywebsiteaddress, and the audio clip is called: myaudioclip.mp3, the location of that clip inside the RSS document would look like this:
http://www.mywebsiteaddress.com/podcastfiles/myaudioclip.mp3
That way the XML document knows where to find that file in order to play it back for your subscribers in their feed reader.

The feed can automatically be updated with the use of Push Technology. The concept of each feed being updated automatically by the publisher and “pushed” to the subscriber is the basis of this idea and is what really distinguishes the idea of feed readers and RSS documents. For example, you can receive news updates, weather updates and, of course, the latest entries of you favorite radio podcast right through your feed reader, without doing anything but receiving the latest “pushed” information.

It is important to note that the technology behind XML, RSS and feed readers is not exclusive to Podcasting and remains consistent with the methods of news article feeds, blog feeds, education feeds, etc.

Complete Guide to Radio Podcast Part 1: The Culture

The Culture of the Term

The most appropriate way to begin an essay on Radio Podcasting is to cover the basics of what the radio Podcast is and the culture behind it. The term Radio Podcast refers to an MP3 file recorded with intentions to distribute via syndication feeds and listen to via feed reader (aggregator.) The term does not refer to any new invention, software program or specific company. In many ways it can be considered a slang term that is so widely used that it became exclusive to its method.

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Podcast comes from a fusing of the words iPod and Broadcast. The iPod is nothing more than a brand name that monopolizes our thoughts and associations regarding portable media. Broadcast refers to the basics of radio distribution and publishing. An interesting fact is that the exact term, “Podcast” can not be trademarked or patented as a new technology and must remain exclusive to its current meaning in our English language. However, there are many companies who use the words “Podcast” “Pod” or “Cast” within their company name in order to define the products they offer in ways that brand appropriately. Some examples taken from Wikipedia.com: Podcast Reality, GuidePod, Pod Gizmo, Pod-Casting, MyPod, Podvertiser, ePodcast, Podcaster.

The technology behind Radio Podcasts is not a groundbreaking innovation, though the application and uses behind them may be considered a cultural cross road not only for radio but also audio distribution. It originated as a way for many different people to record and host their own radio shows and place them on the web for an easy and reachable audience. But, as any new idea grows legs and runs with it’s fundamental ideas, it is now used for a variety of purposes including distribution of all media formats for uses including (but not limited to) education, endorsement, announcements, advertising, entertainment and marketing. The nature of Radio Podcasting allows it to be easily maintained and circulated with little effort to those who choose to stay updated on its contents.

Other spawns of the Podcast culture include: Blogging, Video Podcasting, Audio Blogging and Autocasting. The idea of recording personal: thoughts, ideas, information mental anecdotes and storing them online for all to view is actually a relatively new concept and is precisely how the idea of Podcasting became an instant internet craze. Autocasting allows individuals to listen to audio versions of text based blogs. This term assumes the use of text to speech technology and utilities that convert text into audio files. Audio blogging is very similar to Podcasting, but the content presupposed by audio blogging tends to be based on the contents of any blog (personal thoughts, information, etc.) and not necessarily a radio show. Video Podcasts are exactly like radio podcasts except the reader that the subscriber views the podcast from must have the ability to view video and not just audio and text.