Imagine today's tech cranked out in the Victorian era, and you have a sense of what makes for “steampunk” — basically a mash-up of 21st-century gadgets with 19th-century craftsmanship and clockwork. Ah, but what are such fanciful anachronisms without some visual aids? Here are some steampunk samples to amuse and befuddle.
 

STEAMPUNK COMPUTER MONITOR AND KEYBOARD
(see how they came together at steampunkworkshop.com)
Steampunk artist Jake von Slatt took a Dell flat-panel monitor and IBM keyboard and tricked them out with brass and other modifications for a steampunk desktop that hackers could really dig by gaslight. Yes, the monitor and keyboard do work.

“STEAM TREK: THE MOVING PICTURE”
(see full video at sisterson.co.uk or a shortened version at YouTube)
What if George Melies, the visionary behind the 1902 silent classic “A Trip to the Moon,” got his hands on Gene Roddenberry's beloved sci-fi franchise? You'd get this tongue-in-cheek short by animator Dennis Sisterson featuring Capt. James T. Shirt boldly going where no steampunk or “Star Trek” homage has ever gone before.

René A. Guzman | 210SA Contributor