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Documentation of Ed Bear's DIY Transmitter Building Workshop held at Wave Farm in conjunction with his 2015 artist residency. Writes Bear, "Modern life is surrounded with ubiquitous consumer electronics ripe with creative potential. We will repurpose a specific device designed to transmit audio to a car radio, the iTrip. Every generation of this device is specifically designed for each version of the iPod, leaving previous iterations of the iTrip obsolete and very cheap! The act of reprogramming and modifying the iTrip to work without an iPod is a unique and simple introduction to FM transmission and digital electronics with practical and creative motivations. This workshop requires no previous knowledge of programming, electronics, electromagnetism, etc. We will go through the reprogramming process, from breaking into the casing to reprogramming the chip. At the conclusion of this three hour workshop every participant will have one hacked iTrip transmitter."