
“The guys who worked on it before, they’re
smart guys for sure,” said Loren. “But none of
them had been to Burning Man — there’s zero
practicality as far as making something durable.”
With 11 years of experience at the event, Loren
said, “I know the dust and the heat and how it will
affect these cams and motors. No way were they
going to work for 10-hour shifts in the dirt.”
Lighting System
While Bill shaped balloons, Brian figured out how
to control the lighting. To replace the proprietary
board, he chose the Falcon F16V3, a 16-port
smart pixel controller that costs about $250. He
decided on a pixel density of 30 per meter and
used MadMapper ...