Graffiti Research Lab

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Graffiti Research Lab, founded by Evan Roth and James Powderly the Eyebeam OpenLab, is an art group dedicated to outfitting graffiti writers, artists and protesters with open source technologies for urban communication. The members of the group experiment in a lab and in the field to develop and test a range of experimental technologies. They document those efforts with video documentation and DIY instructions for each project and make it available for everybody.

The Graffiti Research Lab is particularly well-known for inventing LED Throwies, which were likely the inspiration for the advertisers who distributed mooninites around Boston and Cambridge in the well-publicised 2007 Boston Mooninite Scare.

[edit] Inventions

LED Throwies
L.A.S.E.R. Tag, a computer vision system paired with a projector that enables one to write on walls using a high-power laser pointer.
Electrograf, a technique for building circuits on any surface using electrically conductive paint and/or tape
High Writer, for tagging hard-to-reach locations
Night Writer, for putting LED throwies in hard-to-reach locations
Graffiti POV CAM
Homeland Security Advisory System, installed at 11 Spring Street in Soho, NYC