Comments on: A modern day Jules Verne, on a slightly smaller scale

A modern day Jules Verne, on a slightly smaller scale

Gamblor — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 12:18:06 -0800

Live steam creations. We've seen steampunk robots in artwork, and read about them in fiction, but now someone has gone and built real, radio-controlled, steam-powered creatures that roll and creep and swim.

By: GuyZero

GuyZero — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 12:40:34 -0800

The steam-powered, radio-controlled centipede was amazing. Why has the world waited so long for this?

By: zonkout

zonkout — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 12:42:37 -0800

"If you are like me, I almost never read web pages, just look at the eye candy." Hey! That's my approach to MetaFilter!

By: daq

daq — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 12:48:17 -0800

So totally sweet. I want a full size steam tank. But I'm crazy.

By: daq

daq — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 12:48:17 -0800

So totally sweet. I want a full size steam tank. But I'm crazy.

By: brundlefly

brundlefly — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 13:11:02 -0800

Mmmm. Steam crab.... This is really cool.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 13:15:59 -0800

Friggin' cool.

By: bonehead

bonehead — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 13:21:54 -0800

Not cool. Hot.

By: quin

quin — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 13:37:35 -0800

i love the tank. Now someone just needs to build me a steam powered flying machine.

By: lunalaguna

lunalaguna — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 14:30:13 -0800

How did the whole "steampunk" thing pass me by? I love a lot of stuff that fits into this concept, and I'm aware of it as a subgenre. But I have never heard this term.

By: PurplePorpoise

PurplePorpoise — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 14:47:33 -0800

Steampunk follows cyberpunk ideals, but typically in a Victorian-era-ish setting where steam and coal are the primary sources of energy as opposed to gasoline or electricity. Sterling and Gibson collaborated on The Difference Engine [amazon.com] although I can't say for sure if it's the first (it probably isn't).

By: amberglow

amberglow — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 19:33:35 -0800

these are wonderful! i'd love a clanking, hissing, mechanical pet like these things (but with an advanced cyber brain or something)

By: ryoshu

ryoshu — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 21:15:13 -0800

Wow. Just...wow. Steampunk is by far my favorite genre of sci-fi. For anyone who likes this kind of stuff, check out Arcanum, Iron Kingdoms, Space 1889, Last Exile and Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends. Those are just starting points. It's definitely an area of sci-fi there should be more of. Freakin' steam powered robots. Now someone needs to do it with clockwork devices.

By: cenoxo

cenoxo — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 10:13:22 -0800

BTW, if you have cable or satellite, Steamboy (2005) — by Akira director Katsuhiro Otomo — is playing on Starz Cinema starting tonight through March.