The Magnanimous Dr. Warthan’s Steampunk Formulae: Omega7Red. Brass goggles with a mesh lens, signed E. A. Warthan, 1865.

Omega7Red: Steampunk Formulae

Neuromancer Series

Forty-two years for a screen version of the root of CyberPunk, and I'm skeptical anyway. Apple TV starts Neuromancer on January 22, 2027, ten episodes, with a teaser of neon…

Tamura Lumitime Clock

A player piano for neon, and I want one... The Tamura Lumitime looks like a digital clock: a red 7-segment display, glowing. Mark Furneaux took one apart, and Hackaday covered…

Splash-Free Urinals Beat Cockroach Milk

Splash-free urinals take the only A+ on this year's Ig Nobel list, and a snake-stepping study takes the F. Kissing, defined as lip movement with no food changing hands: exact…

Hindenburg: The Gas Nobody Would Sell

In 1937 the largest aircraft ever to fly, with its sister ship, crossed the Atlantic with a dining room, a promenade, and a smoking lounge. It had been planned around helium, the gas that lifts and cannot burn. It flew on hydrogen.

Sky Captain 4K

"Slim on plot and characterization, but the visuals more than make up for it." That's the Rotten Tomatoes critics consensus, and I'd tattoo it on the film if I could…

Goulburn Waterworks

October is crowded. Maker Faire Rome runs October 23 to 25 in Rome, Italy. Amberley Museum in West Sussex holds its steampunk days on October 10 and 11, with airship…