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Time-Lapse Of Burning Man Is Like Watching A Disease Spread

2:00AM October 17, 2011 | Casey Chan

This time lapse video shows five weeks of Burning Man 2011 in five minutes. It covers the entire event — from setup to everyone leaving — at about three hours every second. It’s like watching a disease spread on the face of the Earth. More »


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Why Burning Man Is Just A Chatbot Festival

11:00PM September 7, 2011 | Brian Barrett

Remember those amazing chatbots that talked about unicorns, God, and got a little flirty? As xkcd astutely observes, there’s only one other place on Earth you can find that combination of philosophy and disorientation: the Black Rock Desert, last weekendish. More »


Gadgets

9 Tools For Dancing In The Desert At Burning Man

5:00PM August 28, 2011 | Brent Rose

Ah, Burning Man. It’s art meets music meets dirt meets naked meets f**king amazing. As a two-time burner myself (who is sadly missing it this year) I can personally guarantee that this gear will maximise your awesome. More »


Software

What Spaced-Out Burning Man Revellers All Need: An iPhone App

12:00AM August 28, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

While I’ve not ever dropped-acid-and-burnt-wicker-men-alive (at least, not at Burning Man festival), from my understanding the event is meant to be somewhat of an escape from the humdrum of daily life. Meaning, you leave the iPhone at home. More »


The Ingenious And Absurd Converge, Dustily, At Burning Man

2:00AM September 14, 2009 | Jack Loftus

People seemed to love our retro rocket ship and crop circle-esque Burning Man posts a few weeks ago, so it seems only fitting we bookend things here with a short wrap-up (dust included). More »


What Is This?

3:46PM September 4, 2009 | Danny Allen

Wait, is NASA making weather balloons shaped like a Rubik’s Cube now? More »


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What Is This?

9:00AM August 17, 2009 | Jack Loftus

Is it an alien desert crop circle made from cars and campers? Some kind of ancient civilization uncovered by freak dust storm? Truth be told it’s neither, actually: More »


Retro Raygun Rocket To Take “Flight” At Burning Man

5:00AM August 17, 2009 | Jack Loftus

Burning Man, that wacky event taking place in the Nevada desert each year, will soon be visited by a high-flying structure that has little to do with narcotics and everything to do with the 1940′s naive view of space travel. More »


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The Best Contraptions In Burning Man History

7:07PM September 2, 2008 | Jesus Diaz

Writer, photographer, and baking expert Robyn Johnson, from Matador Nights, has put together an spectacular image collection of some of the coolest installations in the history of Burning Man, where technology, robotics, pyrotechnics, and architecture are put together to form often beautiful, sometimes repugnant, but always fascinating surreal landscapes.

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