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more about #raygun more comments → Jonathan Reilly: "I'm not entirely sure Burning Man participants and evolution should be uttered in the same breath. What's next? Juggalos curing cancer?" Just in my ... more » Hamslicer: It's a RACING snail! more » CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): I can imagne 2 college students sat out there in the sunny desert enjoying the weed, beer and the tan. The suddenly a giant Mammoth skeleton comes wan... more » NerD: Blattella: The car that could be created at burning man would run on a combination of ecstasy, sweat, and douche. more » Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: I'm not entirely sure Burning Man participants and evolution should be uttered in the same breath. What's next? Juggalos curing cancer? alright, sna... more » Janglesatwest: Spider-Car, Spider-Car, Does whatever a Spider-Car does. Here come the Spider-Car! more » -
#vehicularart
Burning Man's Evolutionary Mutant Vehicles
At Burning Man, the annual arts festival, mutant vehicles plod across Nevada's Black Rock Desert. And this year's art cars include a fully-functional spider walker, a remote-controlled trilobite, and a mobile mammoth skeleton. More » -
#triviagasm
The Secret Origin of the Ray Gun in Science Fiction
We've told you all about our favorite rayguns, blasters, flechette pistols, and laser guns before, but where did they all come from? Laser pistols are as identifiable with science fiction as rocketships, aliens, and robots, even though the first laser wasn't invented until 1960. So what spurred science fiction writers to start arming their characters with atomic blasters and disintegrator rays? More »
