November 2008
Intermediate to advanced
192 pages
8h 32m
English
Report from the world of backyard technology


Photography by Branca Nitzsche
Out of Their Shell
Kyrsten Mate drives like a snail. No surprise, though. After all, her car is a snail. Dubbed the Golden Mean, it debuted at this year’s Burning Man festival, where revelers eagerly rode in its glowing shell, or hugged the head with its flamethrower eyes. Every afternoon, Mate’s 2-year-old daughter, Zolie, commandeered the cushioned interior for story time.
“Several years ago, I dreamt that I saw a car in the desert but the car was a giant ...
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