Stories about Using MIDI in different and interesting ways... 

MIDI in Halloween Animatronics
Source: www.midi.org/halloween

Music technology can be a scary thing... especially when you use MIDI technology to drive a Halloween Animatronics display! Learn how Brett Ross -- a financial advisor for most of the year -- architects an astonishingly realistic, fully animated display at Halloween that creates massive lines that snake around the block and delights the thousands who attend. Read the story or click here to watch Brett's Halloween display in action.

MIDI-Driven Computer Animation
Source: www.animusic.com

Animusic produces innovative music animation by leveraging MIDI data in creating "virtual concerts". The animation of graphical instrument elements is generated using proprietary software called MIDImotionTM. The technique is analytical, note-based, and involves a pre-process (as opposed to being reactive, sound-based, and real-time). Read our interview with Animusic developer Wayne Lytle.

MIDI In Music Games
Source: www.midi.org/rockband

This article describes how MTV's "Rock Band" music game uses MIDI to display the target notes and animate the avatars. And because the game is based on MIDI, bands can now put their own music into the game, and sell the tracks to Rock Band players all around the world. Learn how to Get Your Music Into The Game!.

Also, read about how Rock Band Three does even more with MIDI, including providing parts for keyboard players and supporting the use of any MIDI Controller (USA Today).

MIDI In Outer Space (?!)
Source: National Public Radio

A California company is offering a personal satellite kit... providing everything from batteries and an antenna to solar panels and a microcomputer. Once you've built your satellite, the company will launch it into space on its own rocket. Professional astronomer bought one with the intention of turning it into an outer-space musical instrument...