SteamPunk is a steam powered science fiction and futuristic vision of the past that is full of invention, quality and Victorian era craftsmanship such as what was in visioned by Jules Verne. I love Steam Punk so much I built a working 8 foot computer that stands next to my desk. This is my entry for the Damnation Case contest.

I have a steampunk touch lamp that weights in at 55 pounds and a framed picture in a giant gear. Please checkout my flickr account.
www.flickr.com/photos/steampunkfrankenstein

STEMAPUNKFRANKENSTIEN Not to force a bitter pill but i think only one entry should be allowed. If these really are things YOU have constructed and own the Bravo!

And well if not then well hmm I guess thats up to DESTRUCTOID to file 13 the entry.

Otherwise I side with ruiner, if you already have such a fantastic computer why take this one away from someone in the community... bleh bitter pills

I agree 100%! I am working on quite the extravagant poster that will have the destructoid info in it and i think thats what is needed for the entry, or am i wrong?

and yes those spiders KICK MAJOR A$$

I wanted to confirm that I built the SteamPunk computer so I took another picture with me holding a Destructoid.com sign as requested by the contest. This picture shows my love for Steampunk with a steampunk computer, steampunk lamp (right side) and steampunk framed art (left side). SteamPunk is a steam powered science fiction and futuristic vision of the past that is full of invention, quality and Victorian era craftsmanship such as what was in visioned by Jules Verne.

I believe this contest is worth the effort for such a magnificent prize !!!
Since I did not paste or photoshop Destructoid.com onto this photo, perhaps this picture would make a better entry.

...however Voltaire said it best at the ravenwood festival, Steampunk is anything with goggles on it. He is right isnt he?

this should be the image

Those entries are extremely impressive! I've got some Original Content up my sleeve though. Stay tuned. :)

liquid cooled - will dispense frothy warm mugs of birch beer and sasparilla. Can't get much more steam punk then that. Made entirely from recycled hand cast tuba spit valves.

Frankenstein: Done in one. Everyone go home now, we've got a clear winner! Nice stuff man. Do you do requests?

oh god @ STEAMPUNKFRANKENSTEIN you win.. its over.

I am your father.

Note: the above is not an entry, nor mine at all. But can never give up a chance of posting pics of those bad boys.

Fuck, just discovered I needed a sign in it..
Fuck number 2, my entry probably won't make it through the reglementations..



Here it is anyways.. XD

Well, there's no way I'd win even if I tried.
GG guys.

Watson and Goodall's Resolution Reaching Hat for Business



The Resolution Reaching Hat is a decision-making aid, invented in 1905 by Neville Watson, creator of automata and Quentin Goodall, a milliner. It fooled the public for nine years.

The hat was created when the owner of a cotton mill asked for a device to help make decisions regarding his business. Goodall and Watson failed to produce an automaton capable of making calculated decisions. Instead, they produced an elaborate and convincing mechanical display of clockwork that generated an entirely random answer.

The hat's secret lay dormant until 1912 when the partners fell out and Goodall exposed the lie in anger.



Watch Watson & Goodall: The Nine Year Secret, a short documentary film on YouTube, or see more on the Museum of Lost Interactions website.

The hat is operated by selecting a value on each of the knobs, for things like potential risk, gain and a category, for example investment. When the button seen in the top image is pressed the hat pretends to think, the bulbs behind the gauge on the front flashing on and off for a few seconds, before settling on an answer. The hat uses Arduino and Pure Data. We exhibited these on campus and the best part was that some people really believed they were genuine articles. A visitor from Microsoft was so taken in by it nobody could tell him it was all fakery, and another vistor asked me if ours was an accurate reconstruction of the 'actual' Resolution Reaching Hat.


My team mate [url="http://joannamontgomery.com"]Jo[/url] [url="http://neildawson.org/"]and I[/url] created this for a project at Dundee University. The hat itself is still in our studio so I can't get a picture of myself and a Destructoid logo with it at the moment, but I'll try to get one and add it as soon as I can.

"Steamfunk



click for biggie

ALRIGHT!

I finally got up the nerve to enter this contest, hopefully I have what it takes.
to see the full gallery of my entry please go here.
but for a little teaser check out my lamp!:


Thanks for all the great contests.

And in my own words, Steampunk is my life. I believe you may discover that after looking through my photo gallery which consists of a secret underground steambase, my form of transportation proudly wearing the Destructoid colors, and my disassembled steam robot.

<--- envies all the wicked cooool steamy items sohnvonben is showing off!

Um, a lot of you seem to be misunderstanding the contest rules:

"Whatever, you do, make sure you're holding a Destructoid.com sign in your photo, video or art installation!"

You're not even going to be considered if you photoshop a picture of the Destructoid/logo. You need to be PHYSICALLY holding a sign, guys.

I nervously provide my entry here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZXS80eH92w

My initial thought was to do a wherethehellismatt.com type of thing. The problem was that time was short for me to travel the world, showing off the love for steampunk, Damnation, and destructoid. Fortunately, makerfaire timing was good. I put together a sign, went to Kinkos and got it laminated, then went with several families to makerfaire. There was plenty of steampunk goodness there (along with other awesomeness)! We had the sign on display, and had several people hold it for us (as you'll see in the video).

Jake, you're simply unbelievable. It is an incredible work of art. Thanks for sharing with us the behind the scenes too. I can't believe you can let it go. Destructoid.com I can't believe you can get such *awesomeness*!

SWEET I STILL HAVE A CHANCE!!!! more to come sneak sneak sneak... build

haiku:

steampunk shenanigans
for an awesome computer
new to me, but cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzoRHPNEzqQ

Incase copying & pasting my previous post doesn't work of if something happens to it I wanted to do this right.