There's a group called Survival Research Labs that does great exploding
destruction art. They were one of the original influences on Burning
Man, and they had a show in San Jose that we checked out. If I hadn't
been to Burning Man, then I would've been floored, but this was much
like the fighting robot side of Burning Man (which I obviously
subscribe to)
on a smaller scale.
Massive fighting robots, fire, a tesla coil, and a machine that shot wooden 2x4s
at 80 mph in "combat" makes for an interesting time. One of the fighting robots
was "armed" with a massive cannon pulse jet that made this booming bass that
shook your clothes. Excellent. There was also a mini train/tank thing that
had 6 air cannons on the top, similar to what we want to do in our town, but
using explosives as the motive force for the air. Whatever works. :)
