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DIY Secret Knock Detector lock is best use for Steampunk mechanical iris [Video]

, Aug 3rd 2010 Discuss [2]

Regular garage door openers are dull; why aren't you using a knock-controlled mechanical iris to authenticate visitors instead?  BFarn has been detailing his beautiful secret-knock detecting door project, which hides a tap-sensitive panel behind a huge Steakpunk-styled iris. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Steampunk flash drive is massive and expensive

, Jul 29th 2010 Discuss [0]

It's been a while since we featured anything in the old meets new style steampunk is famous for. Today we spied this cool looking flash drive that is made up all steampunk style complete with brass, wood, and some little gauges. Read The Full Story

Steampunk Arduino Watch tells time and plays games

, Jun 14th 2010 Discuss [0]

The last time we saw an Arduino watch that played games its aesthetics were not all that great. It was basically a chunk of tech wired to a sweatband. The latest Arduino watch to surface has much more style and fans of steampunk may be scrambling to make their own. Read The Full Story

Kraken 3D Goggles Bring Steampunk Design to the Theaters

, Apr 19th 2010 Discuss [1]

Over the years, you've probably been able to discern that we have a natural fondness for steampunk. We just can't get enough of it. And, we especially love when designs take on the popular trends in tech. Like, for example, the growing need to see things in 3D. There's no stopping it, so we might as well embrace it. Which becomes increasingly easy when we see things like the Kraken Steampunk 3D goggles. Read The Full Story

Turn your iMac into a steampunk dream with a custom cover

, Apr 14th 2010 Discuss [0]

We have covered out fare share of steampunk gear here on SlashGear. The thing that most of the gear has in common is that they are each a custom built one of a kind devices made by the user. A dude going by the name Woodguy from Old Time Computer is showing off some cool covers for the iMac that gives it that Steampunk look. Read The Full Story

Steampunk Ratrod looks evil

, Apr 9th 2010 Discuss [1]

We have looked at all sorts of steam punk gear here on SlashGear. Typically, the stuff we run across are computers and other gadgets that are modern made to look old. I ran across a cool Ratrod today that has steampunk touches on it. Read The Full Story

Steampunk computers look older than grandma

, Mar 19th 2010 Discuss [0]

I admire people who can take a modern working product like a computer, turn it into a steampunk work of art, and still have the device function properly. If I were to disassemble a computer display, I am sure the thing would never work again. Read The Full Story

Steampunk coilgun looks like the love child of Walther PPK and a radar gun

, Mar 15th 2010 Discuss [0]

Steampunk designers make some cool stuff that often looks modern and old at the same time. One of the coolest steampunk designs we have seen in a while was that steampunk Professor X wheelchair that turned up last week. Read The Full Story

Professor X steampunk wheelchair isn’t powered by thought

, Mar 8th 2010 Discuss [1]

I can appreciate the time and creativity it takes to pull off some of the steampunk projects we see now and again. One of the latest is a steampunk interpretation of the wheelchair Professor X of the X-Men uses to get around. Read The Full Story

LEGO Sequencer mixes Steampunk, toys, electronica [Video]

, Mar 4th 2010 Discuss [0]

Take LEGO, add pseudo-Steampunk style and throw in glitchy electronic music and you might end up with something like Yoshi Akai's wonderful LEGO Sequencer MR II.  A hand-crafted 8-step sequencer, the bizarre instrument uses LEGO bricks to build up patterns of different sounds. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Steampunk eye-pod is creepy and cool (did I mention creepy?)

, Jan 22nd 2010 Discuss [0]

I think there are some cool steampunk contraptions out there and the level of workmanship in many of the creations is staggering. I know I am not qualified to build something along the lines of this strangely cool eye-pod gadget. Read The Full Story

Chumbophone mixes chumby with Steampunk styling

, Nov 30th 2009 Discuss [0]

Since you can now pick up a set of chumby guts without bothering with the standard casing, the real fun for the platform is in fashioning a unique housing for the internet-connected widget display.  That can be as basic as the cardboard box the components come with, or you can go the route of one particular Etsy seller and put together a somewhat Steampunk-esque retro enclosure. Called the Chumbophone, as far as we can tell the various brass horns, controls and other appendages are all decorative rather than functional.  The only real controls are the power button, the front panel key and the chumby's 3.5-inch 320 x 240 touchscreen, which is still enough to browse various web widgets, control music - either streaming or local - and do everything else that makes chumby so appealing. Read The Full Story
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