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The Wave Farm Residency Program is pleased to welcome Heidi Neilson (Long Island City, NY). The Outernet (https://outernet.is/), a new and separate system outside the internet, is an expanding library collection of data files broadcast from a satellite in space. An Outernet library receive station collects transmissions and stores files locally, allowing them to be accessed by wireless devices in range of the station. The Outernet has been envisioned as an open, worldwide, collaborative platform where anyone can have a say in what is included. More at: https://wiki.outernet.is/wiki/Outernet_Wiki.

Physically the Outernet Library Branch-Wave Farm will be an outdoor area defined by a wifi signal and includes picnic-like library seating, explanation materials and signage, a power outlet, a receiving satellite dish and housing box for electronics. A library branch visitor may step into library area and, through the wireless on their cell phone, tablet, or computer, may browse, read, download, and save materials transmitted from a satellite in space.