Brennan Novak Willkommen to Brennan Novaks website. I work on things that support transparency, accountability, decentralization, privacy, security, sustainability, design, and environmentalism such as Transparency Toolkit. But am enjoying more sys-admin.

Slowing down particles of quantum and cosmological data. Monday, 17 March 2014. First Direct Evidence of Cosmic Inflation. Swirls in the CMB polarization, shown here in the BICEP2 data, show the first clear evidence of primordial gravitational waves. It appears that the rumours were true. The FAQ summarising the data. No experiment should be taken too s.

I am currently a Senior Instructor in the Computer Science department at Portland State University. I have experience teaching undergraduate coursework in computer science, computer ethics, human-computer interaction, and the social impacts of technology at Portland State, Georgia Tech, and UC Irvine Teaching. I live with my partner, Luke Olbrish.

Wind energy used to mine cryptocurrency to fund climate research, 2017. High-altitude Signal Intelligence, 2015. Stealth Cell Tower, 2016. Rogue Cellular Infrastructure Disguised as Office Printer. A ceremonial automaton for the Sixth Mass Extinction. Photo by Khuong Bismuth, 2014. The Transparency Grenade Official Website. Commissioned by the Cutting Room and Phoenix Leicester, 2015. Mobile network jammer in the form of a battle tank, 2013.

Research, Ideas and Random Thoughts. Beware of the Neul Cloud! Apparently Neul is the Welsh word for cloud. Neul is currently a cloud full of rain with its customers being caught in a negative downpour. The Neul BB basestation is essentially controlled via the cloud. It cannot function without contacting a service that controls operations. And that service is simply being switched off.