steampunk

Gadgets

Steampunk Toilet Allows You To Take A Dump On Steampunk

7:20AM Adam Frucci | Steampunk: I’m over it. And this ridiculous Steampunk Toilet is a good example why. I mean, come on. [NerdSalad via Technabob]
Entertainment

Submarine Home Theatre May Require Captain Nemo’s Underpants

10:00AM Jesus Diaz | What would you do if you had $US100,000 to spend on anything you wanted? Make a home theatre room that looks like a rotten Nautilus, complete with working periscope, plutonium torpedoes that glow in the dark and sound effects? More »
Gadgets

Inside Of Grand Central Station’s Clock Ain’t Steampunk

6:40AM John Herrman | The New York Times sent a photographer inside Grand Central Station’s biggest clock—the one on the facade, not the indoor one on the pedestal. He emerged with an amazing spherical panorama that could’ve easily been taken in 1928. More »
Design

The Ingenious And Absurd Converge, Dustily, At Burning Man

2:00AM Jack Loftus | People seemed to love our retro rocket ship and crop circle-esque Burning Man posts a few weeks ago, so it seems only fitting we bookend things here with a short wrap-up (dust included). More »
Games

We Like This PS3 Specifically Because It Has Nothing To Do With Steampunk

11:46PM Mark Wilson | We’re totally over the steampunk movement. Seriously guys, give it a rest. But this moisturegoon PS3 is really something special. More »
Design

Neuron Chamber Offers a Glimpse at What Alien Brains Might Look Like

10:15AM Adrian Covert | Okay fine, maybe this is more of an artistic representation that’s taken a few liberties, but still, the Neuron Chamber on display at Maker Faire 2009 is a pretty cool looking piece of extraterrestrial art. More »
Design

Fully Functional Steampunk Vibrator Might Scald Your Privates

9:00AM Jack Loftus | Unemployed exhibitionist metal worker Ani Niow created this fine piece of true steampunk craftsmanship, which for once actually deserves the “steampunk” moniker. Yes, it works. Sort of. Just avoid touching any exposed skin. More »
Peripherals

Art Deco is the New Steampunk

7:20AM Jason Chen | Datamancer, who made the still-impressive Steampunk keyboard, has moved on to art deco. We cannot applaud this enough. More »
Vehicles

Legway: A Pedal-Powered Steampunk Segway

8:00AM Sean Fallon | Steampunk is tired—and you will be too if you build the Legway. There’s no electric motor to whisk you to a destination—only pedal-power. That means you actually have to exercise. More »
Design

Cyberoctopus Attacked by Steamships

2:00PM Wilson Rothman | Yeah, usually our featured images are photos, but Alex Broeckel’s photorealistic rendering—of that all-too-likely scenario that we will soon battle giant robo-octopuses using the power of steam—well, it just made horrifying, paranoia-inducing sense. [io9] More »