Music by Cellular Automata
Wolfram Research, the company behind Mathematica & webMathematica and the amazing MathWorld resource site, among other things, has given us a new toy to play with.
WolframTones, 'an experiment in applying Wolfram's discoveries to the creation of music'.
From the official announcement:
'WolframTones uses various Mathematica algorithms to create music from cellular automaton patterns. In its simplest form, this works by taking every block of contiguous black cells at a certain height and mapping it to a single note played by the same instrument.'