A modern day Jules Verne, on a slightly smaller scale
February 10, 2006 12:18 PM Subscribe
Live steam creations. We've seen steampunk robots in artwork, and read about them in fiction, but now someone has gone and built real, radio-controlled, steam-powered creatures that roll and creep and swim.
"If you are like me, I almost never read web pages, just look at the eye candy."
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posted by zonkout at 12:42 PM on February 10, 2006
Hey! That's my approach to MetaFilter!
posted by zonkout at 12:42 PM on February 10, 2006
So totally sweet.
I want a full size steam tank.
But I'm crazy.
posted by daq at 12:48 PM on February 10, 2006
I want a full size steam tank.
But I'm crazy.
posted by daq at 12:48 PM on February 10, 2006
So totally sweet.
I want a full size steam tank.
But I'm crazy.
posted by daq at 12:48 PM on February 10, 2006
I want a full size steam tank.
But I'm crazy.
posted by daq at 12:48 PM on February 10, 2006
i love the tank. Now someone just needs to build me a steam powered flying machine.
posted by quin at 1:37 PM on February 10, 2006
posted by quin at 1:37 PM on February 10, 2006
How did the whole "steampunk" thing pass me by? I love a lot of stuff that fits into this concept, and I'm aware of it as a subgenre. But I have never heard this term.
posted by lunalaguna at 2:30 PM on February 10, 2006
posted by lunalaguna at 2:30 PM on February 10, 2006
Steampunk follows cyberpunk ideals, but typically in a Victorian-era-ish setting where steam and coal are the primary sources of energy as opposed to gasoline or electricity. Sterling and Gibson collaborated on The Difference Engine [amazon.com] although I can't say for sure if it's the first (it probably isn't).
posted by PurplePorpoise at 2:47 PM on February 10, 2006
posted by PurplePorpoise at 2:47 PM on February 10, 2006
these are wonderful! i'd love a clanking, hissing, mechanical pet like these things (but with an advanced cyber brain or something)
posted by amberglow at 7:33 PM on February 10, 2006
posted by amberglow at 7:33 PM on February 10, 2006
Wow. Just...wow. Steampunk is by far my favorite genre of sci-fi. For anyone who likes this kind of stuff, check out Arcanum, Iron Kingdoms, Space 1889, Last Exile and Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends. Those are just starting points. It's definitely an area of sci-fi there should be more of.
Freakin' steam powered robots. Now someone needs to do it with clockwork devices.
posted by ryoshu at 9:15 PM on February 10, 2006
Freakin' steam powered robots. Now someone needs to do it with clockwork devices.
posted by ryoshu at 9:15 PM on February 10, 2006
BTW, if you have cable or satellite, Steamboy (2005) — by Akira director Katsuhiro Otomo — is playing on Starz Cinema starting tonight through March.
posted by cenoxo at 10:13 AM on February 11, 2006
posted by cenoxo at 10:13 AM on February 11, 2006
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