Artist's "Carnivore" Launched

Its name a reference to an FBI program with identical nomenclature and similar traits, "Carnivore" is a networked art project by Alex Galloway. Galloway's work has two components: a server that taps into a local area network's data stream, and client applications that use said data in various creative ways. The first "Carnivore" client has just been announced: Joshua Davis, who recently won honors at this year's Ars Electronica Festival, is using "Carnivore" in his new piece "amalgamatmosphere."