Blimp Lamp

Take a gander at this gorgeous blimp lamp from Flaminio Bovino (does that mean something like “flaming cow” in Italian?). Entitled “Zep Lamp”, it’s meant to evoke the early German zeppelins along with a steel support girder. The detailing is just beautiful, look at the back side: Very steampunkish, but classy, not …

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Steampunk Daft Punk Costumes

Check out these incredible steampunk Daft Punk outfits with light up helmets. This duo was spotted at DragonCon last fall. We have very little other information on them other than the fact that they might go by “Danny and Adam” when not parading around like Victorian spacemen from the past version of today’s …

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Incredible Homemade See-Through Steampunk Guitar

Wow- take a look at this incredible one of a kind steampunk inspired guitar. It was created by Kwerk from the Telecaster Forum. The neck was made from Matai and Black Maire wood from his native New Zealand. It took him about two months to build. Here’s a full shot: Here’s a …

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Brains in a Jar Steampunk Computer Mouse

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This is one of the sickest and slickest Steampunk mods we’ve seen yet here on ye’ old gadgette blog. It’s the classic Victorian curiosity “brain in a jar” transformed into a USB optical computer mouse. Peter Balch, the creator of this hack originally tried to use fake eyeballs for mouse buttons ...

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Kinetic Wood Gears Rotating iPhone Dock

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Most iPhone are made of metal or plastic or some combination of the two but the Kinetic iPhone Dock is something different- it’s made of wood. It has a bit of a steampunk aesthetic to it. Besides the gorgeous cherry wood construction, what makes this dock unique is it’s rotating gears design ...

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Steampunk Etch-a-Sketch

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The classic creative kid’s toy the Etch-a-Sketch gets the ol’ steampunk treatment with this version made by Reddit user Halokitty for a friend for Christmas (uhm hi, wanna be my friend too?). Many of the parts came from a 108 year old boiler she just removed from her basement. Although the knobs, ...

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Three Interesting R2-D2 Variations

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It’s a tribute to R2-D2 tonight with three different variations on the R2 theme. As the roundest character in Star Wars, it’s that shape that propelled the tiny droid into the hearts of the world as their favorite. Yeah definitely the shape and not the cute bleeps and blurps and the fact that ...

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VERY Impressive Pump Organ Steampunk Computer Desk Workstation

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I’ve seen a lot of steampunk things in my day. In fact I’ve probably seen more steampunk items than punks who live in a steampipe on a steamboat. Ok that last part may not have made any sense but in the quest for the coolest gadgets to bring you folks I’ve seen a ...

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