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Olo Radio attempts to reinvent the experience of listening to music

Written by: Harvin Bhathal, Peak Associate School of Interactive Arts and Technology professor William Odom has designed a physical device that compiles data on the user’s music listening history.  The device, called Olo Radio, links to the user’s Last.fm account to gather the data. Last.fm is a music data aggregator that collects information on the music that an individual listens to, whether through Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, CDs, etc., and stores the information. Olo Radio brings Last.fm’s service to a physical object that can be interacted with.  In an interview with The Peak, Odom explained that the device consists of…

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