Teapot Racing and Three Other Weekends
"A Steampunk Story Set in a Truly Steampunk World!" That's how TeslaCon bills itself, and it runs November 12 to 15 at the Marriott in Middleton, Wisconsin. Steampunk the Thames…
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October 2026
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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.
Honest Hardware in Pine and Iron Pipe
Pine boards and black iron pipe, and I'd still call it the most honest PC I've seen this year. Dante Mutti spent two years on Hydropower, and three decisions earn…
Iraq’s Militias Find a New Reason to Keep the Guns
These goalposts have legs, and they run. On September 22, Iraq's prime minister Ali al-Zaidi pushed the deadline for disarming the militias from September 30 to June 2027. The two…
Meridian Orrery: One Motor, Eight Planets
I'll take one stepper over eight motors every time. That's the Meridian Orrery by illusionmanager, as Hackaday reported on May 1. All eight planets, the Sun and the Moon are…
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…