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Click On is topical, taking the listener behind the week's most intriguing technology. This week Simon explores the world of serious games - finding out how off the shelf computer games are being a...dapted by the military to prepare soldiers for active service. Click On's reporter Moira Hickey visits the village of Wedmore in Somerset, which has suffered an influx of HGVs which are, the residents believe, being misdirected there by sat-nav systems. Part of the problem is that information about height and weight restrictions is not showing up on sat-nav systems, which are mainly designed for consumer rather than commercial use. Also discussed the internet archive which is a huge project which aims to take snapshots and preserve a digital library of the entire internet.
Click On is topical, taking the listener behind the week's most intriguing technology. This week Simon explores the world of serious games - finding out how off the shelf computer games are being a...dapted by the military to prepare soldiers for active service. Click On's reporter Moira Hickey visits the village of Wedmore in Somerset, which has suffered an influx of HGVs which are, the residents believe, being misdirected there by sat-nav systems. Part of the problem is that information about height and weight restrictions is not showing up on sat-nav systems, which are mainly designed for consumer rather than commercial use. Also discussed the internet archive which is a huge project which aims to take snapshots and preserve a digital library of the entire internet.
| Series: | Click on; Series 2 | |||
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| Episode | 4 | |||
| First transmission date: | 2007-10-08 | |||
| Original broadcast channel: | BBC Radio 3 | |||
| Published: | 2007 | |||
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University | |||
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OU Digital Archive web pages. | |||
| Duration: | 00:27:00 | |||
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| Producer: | Monise Durrani | |||
| Contributors: | Jon Aizen; Simon Cox; Rupert Goodwins; Moira Hickey; Alan Rasmussen; Tom Satterthwaite; Professor Bob Stone | |||
| Publisher: | BBC | |||
| Subject terms: | Archives, Internet; Computer games; Navigation--Application of computer systems | |||
| Production number: | AUDA342B | |||
| Available to public: | no | |||
