Steampunk (photo by vonslatt)

    The ideas behind the steampunk sci-fi subgenre have been around since Jules Verne and H.G. Wells, but it was given its moniker in the late '80s as a speculative-fiction genre, alongside cyberpunk, ribofunk and splatterpunk. While the others peer 15 minutes into the future, steampunk envisions a future that has collapsed onto a re-imagined Victorian past. Steam and clockworks replace silicon logic, brass and copper stand in for titanium and plastic, and airships replace spaceships.

    PLEASE NOTE. This is NOT my computer. It was made by Jake Von Slatt. For more info on how he made it, please visit: steampunkworkshop.com/lcd.shtml

    Watch the video here: www.mediauser.de/laptop-im-steampunk-look/

    Comments and faves

    1. ★

      KnitBunny, mousike <3's iris, whiterockdweller, Meredith Leigh Collins, and 131 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    2. jeremysalejr (60 months ago | reply)

      Absolutely love this.

    3. David R Munson (55 months ago | reply)

      Totally, phenomenally amazing.

    4. gigideluxe (54 months ago | reply)

      brilliant

    5. Paul Jerry (53 months ago | reply)

      That is freakin brilliant!

    6. farnea (53 months ago | reply)

      I'm speechless ... simply I love it. A masterpiece

    7. customadornments (52 months ago | reply)

      Richard Nagy is an artistic geek of some excellence! Truly inspiring. Thanks for taking the pic vonslatt.

    8. Pink Albatross (48 months ago | reply)

      Ooohhh.... I WANT!

    9. earthpages (47 months ago | reply)

      This is an incredibly creative and effective work! Thanks for making it ccl... I've blogged it here...

      earthpages.wordpress.com/2008/07/09/wells-hg/

      If you have any questions please follow this link...

      earthpages.wordpress.com/faq/p/

    10. floorvan (47 months ago | reply)

      hey earthpages.
      this is not my own handywork, just a really cool object i wanted to post here. i sometimes post cool things on my flickr account. i can't take any credit for the machine or the photo. the computer is made by Jake von Slatt, and you can see the project here on his site:
      steampunkworkshop.com/lcd.shtml

      please go have a look at how he made it. fantastic!

    11. Auren_Glytterkat (46 months ago | reply)

      ** INSTANT favourite **

    12. lucy★photography (41 months ago | reply)

      WOW!!!

    13. Avant-Gardenist (37 months ago | reply)

      shift forward now, into the past, by way of steam'shop
      .

    14. Jenna8888 (5 months ago | reply)

      Just now discovered the word Steampunk. It figures. Love the gadgets In Warehouse 13, like this keyboard. Had no idea you could get one.

    15. Kidvoid.the.storyteller. (3 weeks ago | reply)

      I'm in love. I've seen this a couple time before. I've been looking for good typewriter keys ever since.

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