Lawrence Person's Futuramen

I like to think of Futuramen as a “go to” blog for giant spider news. I mean, after all, if I’m not going to do it, who will?

So when two guys actually build a functioning mechanical spider to ride in for $15,000, you know I’m going to be all over that.

And here’s a video of it running around Burning Man at night:

Lots more video here.

(Hat tip: Fark.)