Steampunk + HP = The coolest laptop ever!
Posted on February 23rd 2008 in Cool Finds, Tech Talk |
Speaking of laptops, I just stumbled across the coolest one I have ever seen! Some people obviously have way too much time on their hands, but you gotta admit this steampunked ZT1000 Hewlett-Packard laptop is a piece of art. Can you imagine pulling this out at the airport?!
I Googled the meaning of “Steampunk” (yeah, it’s a boring afternoon), and here’s what I found:
Enthusiasts sometimes call it “retro futurism.” You already know the aesthetic if you’re familiar with Jules Verne and H.G. Wells: high technology, viewed from a Victorian perspective. Gears. Brass. And, of course, steam power.
But steampunk is a relatively recent movement, rooted in a genre of fiction that began popping up in the Eighties and Nineties. Modders are an important part of the steampunk scene — artists and hobbyists who modify contemporary gadgets to take on the characteristic high tech/low tech look of a future as it might have been.
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