{"id":35640,"date":"2019-01-20T11:41:36","date_gmt":"2019-01-20T15:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=35640"},"modified":"2019-01-20T11:41:36","modified_gmt":"2019-01-20T15:41:36","slug":"the-knitted-radio-an-fm-radio-transmitter-sweater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/the-knitted-radio-an-fm-radio-transmitter-sweater\/","title":{"rendered":"The Knitted Radio: An FM radio transmitter sweater"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post <\/em>contributor, Paul, who shares a link to this fascinating maker\/art piece from designer Irene Posch<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The Knitted Radio is an installation piece that manifests how to knit a sweater that is also a FM radio transmitter. The tactile centerpiece is a functional electronic object knitted out of ordinary wool and commonly available conductive materials. The accompanying knitting instructions, to be published in a knitting magazine, allows the reproduction of the electronic object by an alternative maker group.<\/p>\n

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The piece is part of a larger investigation into using traditional textile crafting techniques to create electronic components and devices from scratch. The critical question is whether \u2018what\u2019 one makes is really more important than \u2018how\u2019 one makes things. Industrial technology research is mostly driven by the desire to invent the next killer application, whereas artistic research holds the chance to question implications. By exploring alternative production procedures, we might be able to reveal skills, techniques and materials that have been uncharted, undervalued, or decisively left out of popular demand.[…]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click here to continue reading and to check out other works by Irene Posch.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul, who shares a link to this fascinating maker\/art piece from designer Irene Posch: The Knitted Radio is an installation piece that manifests how to knit a sweater that is also a FM radio transmitter. The tactile centerpiece is a functional electronic object knitted out of ordinary wool and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[508,3781,3],"tags":[36,1584,7552],"class_list":["post-35640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-2","category-fm","category-news","tag-art","tag-fm","tag-irene-posch"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-9gQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":53526,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/the-c-crane-digital-fm-transmitter-3\/","url_meta":{"origin":35640,"position":0},"title":"The C.Crane Digital FM Transmitter 3","author":"Thomas","date":"July 24, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Ron, who shares information about the latest C.Crane FM transmitter: Check out the new C.Crane FM Transmitter 3. 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