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

Omega7Red: Steampunk Formulae

Hydrogen Queen Takes Off

Hydrogen burns, and Victor Sierra named their airship the Hydrogen Queen anyway. Imperfect Meridians is the fifth album from Victor Sierra, a Paris steamgoth duo, Commander Bob and The Legendary…

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…