Geek graffiti takes on New York

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Wired on geek graffiti - "The group of 12 graffiti artists surrounds its target, a sculpture in Manhattan known as The Cube, and waits for the signal to begin tagging it up. It's a daunting task -- the 15-foot sculpture in Astor Place was recently coated with anti-graffiti paint. But within seconds, The Cube is covered in LED Throwies, the latest innovation from the Graffiti Research Lab, or GRL, an open-source think tank dedicated to developing new methods and tools for street artists." - Link.

Related:

  • HOW TO - Make LED Throwies (pictured here) - Link.
  • Embedded conductive, magnetic paint driven LEDs - - Link.
  • Graffiti Research Lab: Geek Mural - Link.
  • Graffiti Research Lab - Link.


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Posted by: BrK on April 7, 2006 at 6:01 PM

Am I the only one who's seen enough of the "LED Throwies" stuff? Okay, we get it already. You stuck an LED and watch battery to a magnet, and now you're chucking them at any object that contains ferrous metal. This isn't really all that "MAKEish", it's becoming kind of redundant.


Posted by: philliptorrone on April 7, 2006 at 6:10 PM

brk, yah - you should see our inboxes, every day - throwies OMG! so, this is likely the last of it for a bit.


Posted by: Oracle1729 on April 9, 2006 at 3:36 AM

BrK, you're not the only one.

This is really making lose interest in make. Along with yet another voltaic cell made with household parts, and yet another person built a pov toy.

They need to rename themselves "Made: Technology that's been there and done it".


Posted by: philliptorrone on April 9, 2006 at 8:56 AM

c'mon guys cut me a little slack... out of the over 4,000 posts on make there are maybe 10 pov/throwie posts...

*you can* submit links, sites and project too :-]


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