Todd Lappin, MAKE contributor and current guest blogger on Dinosaurs and Robots, has a strange collection compulsion that I don’t share, but I can totally understand. He has a control panel fetish. Hey, now. Don’t judge. Everybody is wired differently. Todd just happens to be wired to toggle switches, panel lights, and needle gauges. And […]
This is a beautiful brass and copper USB drive that is handmade in the steampunk style. I wish it did more than just look cool and store some data. Via Gizmodo – Steampunk USB drive Update: Check out the comments, it seems there may be an issue with the site. Surf wisely. Related: The Steampunk […]
We’ve blogged about analog meter clocks before. This one uses three meters (for hours, minutes, and seconds) and is powered by Adafruit Arduino and an Ethernet Shield. A month or so ago, a friend of mine introduced me to the Arduino Board. It’s an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on a simple microcontroller. Add various […]
Incredible retro-futuristic lamps by New York lighting and furniture designer Art Donovan. (Notice how I didn’t use the “S” word). Art Donovan/Steampunk Design [via]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool DSchrubbe makes the old new again (or vice-versa?) with this retrofabulous all-in-one PC enclosure – Originally a 1957 Setchell-Carlson P-62 portable television, this great chassis now houses a PC and flatscreen monitor. Wi-Fi, a wireless keyboard, and wireless mouse reduce clutter. I hope to modify the peripherals to a […]
Very cool Curta calculator via jwz. The Curta was a small, hand-cranked mechanical calculator introduced in 1948. It had an extremely compact design, a small cylinder that fit in the palm of the hand. It could be used to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and, with more difficulty, square roots and other operations. The Curta’s […]
A collection of 20 cipher devices @ ooject. The Enigma variations. The Enigma is one of the most well known devices in the history of gadgets, being responsible for the birth of the computing industry, in attempts to crack it. This has largely overshadowed the plethora of other cryptographic devices, which are often overlooked. Here […]
