It's no surprise the technologically minded with an aesthete streak are often drawn to the Victorian-era inspired designs of steampunk designs, the imaginary 19th century inventions of an alternate ...
Sure, you've likely seen plenty of steampunk apparatuses of various quality and craftsmanship. But Bruce and Melanie Rosenbaum of ModVic took their home's renovation with a serious eye to detail wor...
Introducing the Electro-Flush! Technically, TeslaPunk Urinal. Hand-made solid oak tank with battery powered flush pump, laser aiming assist (aim at the laser dot in the bowl at night), lights, antiq...
Steampunk mixed in with a dash of Soviet era vacuum technology and DIY instructions, and what you've got is the Adafruit Industries Ice Tube Alarm Clock kit, a beautiful blue glowing timepiece with 0....
Frank Buchwald's series of beautifully crafted lights look like they were lifted right off the set of a movie like Dark City or one of the Hellboy films. If visible filaments, coils and other industri...
ApartmentTherapy Boston readers lusting after custom Steampunk keyboards, such as Datamancer's Scrabble keyboard above, can take apart their own keyboard and make one with old typewriter parts, even ...
You know that Steampunk has hit the mainstream when a celebrated Swiss watchmaker is planning on creating a hybrid smart phone. From the press release and the information that is currently available o...
Whenever I complain about my frustrations with tech to my parents, they remind me that back in their day, they had to look up information in 28-volume encyclopedias and get up off the couch to change ...
Case mods are always fun. It puts a different spin on the normal looking desktop, that we all want to hide away underneath our desks. I've just recently realized that desktop computers are slowly beco...
Steampunk mods are elaborate affairs. In order to make anything look steampunk, you'll need to invest a lot of time so that it looks good. What I really like about these mods is that they make PCs loo...
Not that clocks work differently in other countries, but we think it's pretty cool to see that the steampunk movement has made its way to Spain. More pics of this cartoony steampunk clock under the ju...
We've always been fans of Datamancer's custom keyboards. Most of his designs are Steampunkish, but recently, he's come out with a new twist on a popular board game. There is something about keyboards ...
We all need keyboards, even though we'd like to use touchscreens exclusively, we still have to type. There are some ways that are better than others. I have tried one ergonomic keyboard and it didn't ...
Steampunk mods are turning up all over the place. A lot of modified PCs, cell phones and other items are turning up, mostly made by DIY enthusiasts. After having seen Jake von Slatt's steampunk keyboa...
What an amazing week! We chose change in this year's election and are now counting the days to Barack Obama's confirmation into the White House. While the media debates what kind of dog the first fam...
Steampunk keyboards are popping up everywhere. The only trouble is that they are pretty darn expensive. If you take a look at the latest one that we featured here at Unplggd, you won't be happy to fin...
Steampunk has become all of the rage recently. A lot of modified PCs, cell phones and other items are turning up, mostly made by DIY enthusiasts. Datamancer has gone a step further. In an effort to ma...
We recently picked up some of those $1.99 bamboo stalks at Ikea. The reason for the impromptu purchase was the possibility of finding a solution to an ever-lasting problem: We want plants in the house...
We can see why some would claim Apple is becoming a monopoly. All of you must have iPods and iPhones because we see tons of iPod Docks everyday. We see some with four charging slots. We also see tons ...
You know how when a trend gets tired you can start to pinpoint exactly where it went wrong? Well, we'd like to declare Steampunk dead right here, but we're pretty sure this won't be the end. This ste...
We love the creativity and innovation (retro-vation?) that comes from Steampunk modifications to modern technology. Some great ideas come from taking a completely new gadget and making it something th...
It's hard to tell if this clock is steampunk, but using Nixie tubes sure makes it look retro. One thing's for sure, it's one of the most unique timepieces that we've seen. This clock combines Nixie tu...
Recently the New York Times wrote about the popularization of Steampunk culture. With that we thought it was about time to roundup the ten coolest Steampunk hacks we've seen... ...
Steampunk couture is prime for a comeback. First there was the Steampunkified desktop computer so naturally someone's designed a Steampunk USB drive... ...
Dave Veloz converted a Mac mini into this amazing steampunk'd version as wedding present for his bride-to-be. Some close-up details of the retro-tastic conversion under the jump......
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