The Chaos Engine is a unique artistic work – a hardware-based open outcome pop song which integrates live broadcast radio. This physical tune merges a fixed pop song element with a serial-linked FM radio receiver, united by a sequencer which has control over source volume levels and radio tuning parameters. Controls for play/stop and output volume are provided for the listener.

Being about the size of a medium-sized paperback novel and requiring power through an external supply, The Chaos Engine should be viewed as a proof of concept: that live radio hardware could be integrated with recorded sound sources in an aesthetically acceptable and technologically viable way. The likelihood of a mass-producible version is unlikely however.