2 posts tagged “futurism”
Google is celebrating the 400th anniversary of the first public demonstration of Galileo's telescopes, and an article in the Guardian imagines what future generations will hold important. Steampunk is awfully steamy these days, but today we're looking at the futuristic punk aspect of all those gears and switches. Matt Staggs starts it off with his Greenpunk Manifesto, but there's been a lot of talk on the web about future ecological living recently, with Trendhunter's look at urban farming and the debut of MercuryHouseOne, a portable living space. A new deep storage battery may power the homes of the future with less effort and waste, and new hearing aids include inputs for mp3 and other audial enhancements! Treehugger then points out that the best way to save the planet is to have fewer (if any) children, which effectively puts a damper on the whole concept.
This week's assortment of steampunk-inspired links ended up on the more pragmatic, DIY side of life for some reason. To wit:
- Tactical corsets, perfect for the modern era!
- Make your own spats!
- Learn about how steam is making a comeback in the modern technological world!
- Consider the sea-based cities of the future, as imagined by various designers. I like the fourth one the best, personally.
- More computer modding, this time with an Egyptian bent. (I suggest including mummified hard drives, motherboards, etc., that have failed in the past.)
And finally, for the impractical and imaginative: huge leviathan battleships in the skies! Aieee!
Also, a note: the Steampunk Librarian will now also be mirrored on the Steampunk Empire for the forseeable future. Oooh, ahhh.
