BEAM – io 0.0.1 beta++ interactive, semi-autonomous technological artifact, musical automaton, machine musician and improviser Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:18:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 25192515 analog io /2009/06/29/analog-io/ Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:18:30 +0000 //www.busterandfriends.com/io/?p=458 I’ve assumed that future versions of io would have a single board computer (or multiple SBCs) in place of the clunky and fragile personal computer. There was, however, always an alternative.

Take the not-so-humble analog computer, a technology with a fascinating past and a (still promising) future. Given that io’s behavior is driven by an N-body simulation, it’s not difficult to imagine an analog port.

Wait, isn’t this sounding a lot like BEAM…?

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