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One of the methods for extracting information from supposedly secure systems is side-channel attacks: cryptanalytic techniques that rely on information unintentionally leaked by computing devices.

Check out this documentary about Arduino, the open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software.

The kinetic, sonic sculptures of artist Zimoun feature armies of mechanical entities that form worlds both uniform and chaotic. He uses simple mechanical devices such as DC and vibration motors combined with other industrial flotsam—speaker arrays, ventilators, PVC hoses, and metal wire—arranged in seemingly simple patterns. Come visit Gray Area this January for the opening of his first solo exhibition in SF.

Last December my friends Gabe Dunne, Ryan Alexander, and Daniel Massey created SEAQUENCE, a social music project that allows people to create and consume short musical compositions in a unique interactive online environment. Play with it!

I’ve wanted to learn physical computing for a while now and finally get the chance. In November at Gray Area we’ll be hosting educator Joshua Noble for a workshop to learn how to create physically interactive applications.

An international team of researchers are working on a biomimetic computer chip for brain stimulation that is programmable, responsive to neural activity, and capable of bridging broken connections in the brain.

Working in the interface between the body and the machine, employing virtual reality, robotics, medical instruments, prosthetics, and the Internet, Stelarc’s transhumanist art makes science fiction seem entirely plausible.

Still using MIDI? Check this out: Sébastien Schiesser and the ICST’s research and development last year for a MIDI-to-OSC conversion unit turned out a cool device called a midOSC.

Syzygryd is a town square for the collaborative creation of music. It’s a public space, it’s a sculpture, and it’s a professional musical instrument. It’s the most beautiful expression we can imagine of the joy we take in community, music, technology, fire, sculpture and architecture.

Jazari is a percussion ensemble performed by handmade robots. The machines are controlled using custom software and WiiMotes. These robot drummers officially render hippies obsolete.