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DIY Fully Functional SteamPunk Weapons

DIY Fully Functional SteamPunk Weapons

Steampunk gadgetry is sometimes looked down upon since majority of steampunk devices don't actually work.  These retro-looking weapons, including a "black powder" pistol and rifle break the common stereotype because they fire rubber balls as well...
DIY Halloween: When Pumpkins meet Circuitry

DIY Halloween: When Pumpkins meet Circuitry

No honorable hacker or modder can be satisfied with a simple candle inside of a pumpkin.  How boring!  Us proud nerds step up and create unique, appealing, and downright stunning pumpkins complete with lasers, LEDs, robotics, motion sensors,...
Inspiration: Rise of the Scrap Metal Robots

Inspiration: Rise of the Scrap Metal Robots

They say that Michelangelo saw a masterpiece in every block of stone. Some of these creative minds see a robot in a pile of household junk.  More precisely - a junk robot, or junkbot as they're called.  Little metal creations made from discarded...
Top 5 DIY Custom Car Body Mods

Top 5 DIY Custom Car Body Mods

1.  '78 Covette Turned into a DIY Batmobile Using nothing but his bare hands, some high density foam, glossy black paint, and fiberglass, one modder took his beat up ‘78 corvette and resurrected it into the 1989 batmobile. You can even check...
DIY Lighting: Fantastic Labware LED Lamps

DIY Lighting: Fantastic Labware LED Lamps

Ah... the warm ambient lighting of retro chemistry lab equipment...Designer Benjamin Huber created these exceptional custom lights out of hand-blown glass.  While I'm sure they cost an arm and leg, you could easily just pick up some flasks and...
Retro Humor: The Origin of Classic NES Games

Retro Humor: The Origin of Classic NES Games

Ever wonder how your favorite NES games came to be Who the hell came up with an Italian plumber and a giant dot eating circle Well, the secrets of the universe have been answered my friends. A secretive 1979 board meeting has been leaked! (gasp)...
Dr. Frankenstein Arcade Cabinet = Epic Steampunk Gaming

Dr. Frankenstein Arcade Cabinet = Epic Steampunk Gaming

The Dr. Frankenstein MAME cabinet is a retro gaming rig that takes inspiration from the monster novel. The steampunk cabinet is almost gothic in its design. Our previous post on DIY Arcade Rigs was about building an old styled arcade cabinet from...
Man Creates his own Steampunk-Themed Lair

Man Creates his own Steampunk-Themed Lair

This steampunk enthusiast created his own retro-submarine themed steampunk house.  While the look of steampunk is pretty neat, this house might have gone too far by recreating a shipwrecked submarine. The engineer from Canterbury, New Zealand...
Incredible R2D2 Hack has 8 Consoles + Projector

Incredible R2D2 Hack has 8 Consoles + Projector

Here's an outstanding project for all you Star Wars fans.  This guy took an R2D2 cooler and turned it into a retro gaming machine!  Inside are eight consoles and a even a projector mounted in the head just like R2D2.  Perfect!  Now you can...
Play 20 Years of Free Retro Games

Play 20 Years of Free Retro Games

Retro games are not only about nostalgia.  Thanks to some web services like RemainInPlay, they are also about playing titles which you couldn’t afford the first time around. The website is the home for old games from the last 20 years. The...