The weekly Lost Knowledge column explores the possible technology of the future in the forgotten ideas of the past (and those slightly off to the side). Each Tuesday, we look at retro-tech, “lost” technology, and the make-do, improvised “street tech” of village artisans and tradespeople from around the globe. “Lost Knowledge” is also the theme […]
Tech artist Aaron Ristau was one of my favorite makers at last year’s Austin Maker Faire. He does gorgeous work, fashioning the technological detritus around us into beautiful art objects. He’s recently done a serious of steampunk-inspired pieces, including these awesome glasses. He shared this new work with our pals over at the Steampunk Workshop. […]
I LOVE these raygun designs by Dan at Tinkerbots. Tinkerbots More: We have our own DIY raygun project in the new issue of MAKE (Volume 17). Molly “Porkshanks” Friedrich shows you how to build her “Discreet Companion” Ladies Raygun. MAKE Volume 17 hits newsstands on March 10th. Look for it at a fine bookstore near […]
Dana Mattocks posted these incredible pics of his Steampunk Frankenstein computer casemod to Flickr. I’ve never seen so much crazy-cool hardware! SteamPunk Frankenstein’s photostream [via Steampunk Workshop]
In poking around the InterTubes yesterday, looking for items related to my latest Lost Knowledge column, I happened upon Jake von Hildebrandt’s SteamTV project, which uses the Nipkow disk TV technology I included in the column. And a Jensen desktop steam engine for power! Really cool. Unfortunately, it appears that this project hasn’t been worked […]
This is our new weekly column exploring the possible technology of the future in the forgotten ideas of the past (and those slightly off to the side). Each Tuesday, we’ll look at retro-tech, “lost” technology, and the make-do, improvised “street tech” of village artisans and tradespeople from around the globe. “Lost Knowledge” is also the […]
Today is Jules Verne’s birthday. Verne was born in Nantes, France on February 8, 1828 and died on March 24, 1905. Along with H.G. Wells, his work gave birth to the science fiction genre. One of the things Verne pioneered, and much of the sci-fi to follow has emulated, was writing about the fantastic upon […]
