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Top 10:  Steam power!

In retrospect, with a few notable exceptions, there was really nothing punk about The Fad Which Shall Not Be Named. Steampop might have been a better word. Fortunately, the steam in these posts is not, generally, even aspiring to “punk” status, although the word itself may, regrettably, appear a couple times in the copy on the linked pages. Please accept our apologies for that–we were excited–and enjoy this hot steamy content entirely on its own merits.

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Steam powered Gameboy

#9

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Steam powered iMac

#8

Steam powered rowboat

#7

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Steam powered rolling ball game

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USS Midway – Giant steam powered aircraft carrier

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R2-S2 (R2 Steam Too) – The steam powered R2-D2

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Steam powered radio controlled “lobster” tank

#3

Steam powered pencil sharpener

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Steam powered motorcycle (photos)

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Steam-powered record player

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I am descended from 5,000 generations of tool-using primates. Also, I went to college and stuff. I am a long-time contributor to MAKE magazine and makezine.com. My work has also appeared in ReadyMade, c't – Magazin für Computertechnik, and The Wall Street Journal.

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