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Steampunk R&D

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Sep 19, 2012

I get into conversations about this all the time at conventions when I give panels on Steampunk, so I thought it was time I made this argument in a place where people can read my carefully laid-out th ...

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Sep 19, 2012

It's actually an art installation made to look like an elevator was erupting from the ground, or perhaps as though it had fallen from a great height.This is in Liverpool.We need more awesome steampunk ...

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Sep 19, 2012

The Recycleart Facebook group frequently posts awesome pictures of steampunk-friendly sculptures. Not all of them look steampunk, but enough do that it's worth checking out.Here are a few examples: ...

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Sep 19, 2012

I came across this great article that features forgotten fashion trends from the past.Look at some of these examples... Wouldn't they make great steampunk outfits? ...

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Sep 19, 2012

These are some really cool sketches of what Spider-man might look like if it was drawn in steampunk style. More pictures are available over at io9. ...

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Sep 18, 2012

Steampunk scientists, there's a new spectrometer for your workshop, and it's called the iPhotometer 5.If you don't know already, a spectrometer is an instrument used to identify unknown materials by m ...

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Sep 18, 2012

This Steampunk portal gun (from the game Portal) was recently featured on Kotaku, and is really, really beautiful. It's rare that you see such refined woodworking in steampunk props.Now if only it wor ...

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Sep 18, 2012

Matthew Inman, who runs the popular web comic The Oatmeal, decided to test his new hand-held "Tesla Cannon" (which is essentially a small-scale Tesla coil) on one of his friends. His friend, Matt Hard ...

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Sep 18, 2012

This bicycle was found through website CustomMade, which is sort of like an Etsy for people who will custom make things to your specifications rather than selling things they've already made.If only I ...

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Sep 17, 2012

I know, "Steamdown" conjures images of a hoedown, but "Steampunk prop breakdown" is a bit of a mouthful, I thought.Anyway, I'm going to show you how I made my very first Steampunk prop! It doesn't req ...