Dan Flavin: Dedications

A couple of weeks ago, Ami mentioned the new Flavin-like light installation, which the gallery has also put online. Like looking at the original works, playing around with the colored beams yourself is strangely relaxing. Contributed by SummerSeventySix

Maya 2 Google Earth

The people over at Eyebeam recently launched a new tool, entitled Maya 2 Google Earth. It's an open-source, cross-platform tool that allows you to export 3D models as a single Google Earth Placemark (KML) file. The project was inspired by the Open GL extraction utility OGLE (also by Eyebeam), which allows for the capture and re-use of 3D geometry data from 3D graphics applications running …

LED Throwies

Check out this video from the Graffiti Research Lab at Eyebeam OpenLab—it shows an installation of LED Throwies in action on a street corner in West Chelsea, Manhattan (never mind where you've heard the soundtrack before). What's an LED Throwie? It's a lithium battery, a 10mm diffused LED and a rare-earth magnet taped together. You throw them on to anything metal to add a splash …