Institute for Applied Autonomy (US), an anonymous research and development collective, contributes two custom open-source software pieces for "911+1." Founded only four years ago, IAA conducts research on public space, free expression, and electronic-based surveillance. The collective of artists, engineers, writers, and activitists makes use of technological solutions to support real-world public acts of subversion by human activists. They have developed projects under their flagship, Contestational Robotics, and more recently Inverse-Surveillance. IAA has participated in international conferences and exhibitions including the IEEE Internationl Conference on Robotics and Automation, NetCondition at the AKM Center for Art and Meida in Karlsruhe, Hackers on Planet Earth in New York, and Art at the Edge of the Law at the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art in Ridgefield, Connecticut. The collective was awarded the Prix Ars Electronica 2000, Award of Distinction in Interactive Art, second prize, and first place at Film Festival 9, Carnegie Mellon (2000).

		Closeup of iSee, 2001 (custom open source software)
iSee plotting the path of least surveillance.
		InfraRed Messenger, 2001 (infrared LEDs, electronics)
A view of InfraRed Messenger installed in the Watson Institute atrium.