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Berlin artist weaves immersive 3D matrix out of UV light

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Jeongmoon Choi is a Berlin-based artist who specializes in creating stunning light and thread installations. Her latest solo exhibition, Dialogue Lineaire, allows viewers to literally immerse themselves in Choi's geometric matrices, which she creates from UV light that fills an entire room. The resulting effect, as My Modern Met explains, is nothing short of sublime.

Choi's work is currently...

Sergey Brin rides the NYC subway like a Google boss

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Sergey Brin probably doesn't ride the New York City subway that often, but when he does, he does it in style. The Google co-founder was recently spotted on the downtown 3 train, dressed in full ninja regalia and sporting his company's Project Glass augmented reality eyewear. Brooklyn resident and AR enthusiast Noah Zerkin captured the moment late Sunday night, and apparently had a brief conversation with Brin, as well.

The executive has been known to wear Google's headset in public, though Google has thus far announced few details on its Project Glass progress. Brin, for his part, has said he wants to bring the eyewear to market by 2014. Apparently, it's already subway-ready.

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Original 1960s Batmobile fetches $4.2 million at auction

One lucky (and extremely wealthy) bidder will be riding home in the Batmobile seen throughout the 1960s Batman TV series after plopping down $4.2 million for the privilege yesterday. It's the very same Lincoln Futura that George Barris first modded to create the caped...

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The best writing of the week, January 20

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We all know the feeling. You're sleepless in the sad hours of the night or stumbling around early on a hazy weekend morning in need of something to read, and that pile of unread books just isn't cutting it. Why not take a break from the fire hose of Twitter and RSS and check out our weekly roundup of essential writing from around the web about technology, culture, media, and the future? Sure, it's one more thing you can feel guilty about sitting in your Instapaper queue, but it's better than...


Spielberg and Hanks to follow 'Band of Brothers' and 'The Pacific' with third WWII miniseries

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HBO has confirmed to the Hollywood Reporter that Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks will reunite to produce a third miniseries set during World War II. The pair, who previously collaborated on the acclaimed Band of Brothers and The Pacific, will reportedly use Donald L. Miller's Masters of the Air as their source material, though the series is currently untitled. Miller's book is a narrative non-fiction work about American bombers in the air...

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Watch these Sundance short films to learn the dangers of catnip and zombies

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In what's becoming an annual tradition, YouTube has partnered with the Sundance Film Festival to offer a small selection of short films through its Screening Room channel. This year you'll be able to watch a dozen short movies that will be making their debuts at Sundance; they've been selected from the 64 shorts to be screened at the festival starting this weekend. It's not a huge selection, and you won't be able to see Ashton Kutcher's...