Wine snobs, you are behind the times if you’re still using a wing corkscrew. Rob Higgs’s hand-cranked machine uses gears, pulleys, chains and weights to open a bottle of wine, then carefully pour its contents into a glass…
Continue reading… “Overly complex corkscrew weighs 771 pounds of steampunk awesomeness”
Say hello to your dream house if you have ever wanted to live inside the retro-futuristic world of a Jules Verne novel. This $1.75 million New York apartment is packed with giant gears, blimps, and a working porthole.(Pics)
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We love this fully functional retro etch-a-sketch made with antique parts by Reddit user HaloKitty. She cluse us in on how it came together.
“Nothing on here is hot glued or slapped together. The screen is vaccu-formed to give it that old-timey bulbous look. The outer wood frame is custom built, painted, and wet-sanded to give it that gloss. The inner brass frame was laser cut. All the bits and pieces come from old machines and fittings. Nothing came from Home Depot…
iMac steampunk mod
iMac steampunk mod for the for the modern tech geek with retro sensibilities. Old Time Computer has come up with these gorgeous handcrafted oak and brass mods. Inflation renders these kinds of antiques pricier than their original counterparts, but you can pick up your own custom antique skin on Etsy or order yourself a full custom build. (Pics)
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Art Donovan from the Oxford University Museum of the History of Science sez, “I have been given the great honor of curating the world’s very first Museum Exhibition of Steampunk Art. Seventeen artists from seven countries- The Steampunk creators that you know best. Opening October 13, 2009 and running continually through February 21, 2010. (Pics)
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Another way to ride!
It’s not actually powered by steam in any way, and according to the creator ‘bdring‘ it can’t really turn very well, but if you’ve been looking for an extremely cheap DIY alternative to the Segway, head on over to Instructables where you’ll find everything you need to build your very own Legway. It’s even eco-friendly since there’s no emissions (unless you count sweat) and the original model pictured above was constructed from mostly found materials.
Continue reading… “Steampunk Segway – AKA The Legway”
DVICE’s Steampunk Cylon contest is in full swing – thanks to everybody who’scontributed so far! Even though the contest is open only to residents of the U.S., anyone can send us a Steampunk Cylon design; you can’t win the contest, but you can still get featured on DVICE. Continue reading… “Steampunk Cylon”
I hesitate to call it steampunk, through the degradation of the term by people like me, but my attempts at describing it otherwise only end up being laughably convoluted loop-de-loops around the term. It reminds me very strongly of Disneyland Paris’ Space Mountain aesthetic, which is furnished after the spaceship design of Verne’s De la Terre à la Lune… all burnished brass and exposed copper cogwork. But, of course, that’s all very steampunk too.
Continue reading… “Akribos XXIV DaVinci Skeleton Steampunk Watch”
We’ve seen our share of steampunk, but this one is a bit over the top. Nicrosin’s Victorian-style Bluetooth device should be mass produced and powered solely by winding.
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Jake Von Slott has created a Steampunk Computer that is sure to knock the socks off any steampunk enthusiast. He took a huge 24 inch LCD monitor and crammed an entire CPU behind it and the design looks incredible. Video after the jump.
Continue reading… “The Ultimate Steampunk Computer”
Man, watches don’t get much cooler or crazier looking than the DeWitt Concept No. 1, a one-of-a-kind timepiece that’ll set you back a whopping $633,000 if you decide to splurge on it. That might sound crazy to you, but someone bought it at an auction before ever even seeing it.
Continue reading… “DeWitt Incognito Steampunk Watch”
We don’t know exactly what to call this, but we’ll go with “steampunk taxidermy”, a new art form being developed by Lisa Black. More photos after the jump.
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