Mr Robert Shuttleworth from Toronto, Canada makes some excellent steampunk machines and miniature robots too!

The creation depicted here is a “remake of a heater to a web cam with 1890s optics yields Alice Through the Looking Glass style view,” according to the artist. Combined, it makes for sheer brilliance, don’t you agree? It goes to show that even the most modern of technologies can be appropriately styled for our tastes.

Click here to read more about this particular contraption, or visit Mr Shuttleworth’s blog for more.

Edge of Twilight is an upcoming steampunk fantasy video game, developed by Fuzzyeyes Studios for the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

“The story of the Edge of Twilight,” writes Mr Finch Adelbrecht, “is about a fantasy world after the Rift, an occurrence that split the world into two separate realms of Day and Night. In this post-apocalyptic world the player takes on the role of Lex, a bounty hunter. He gets caught in the clash between two civilizations, the Atherns and the Lithern. In a battle over a vast energy source, the Lithern became imprisoned and even the victims of genocide at the hands of the Atherns. Presumably, no Lithern survived. Lex is the sole surviving halfbreed in the world, which gives him the unique ability to travel between the Day and Night realms. This ability will become the world’s only chance to avoid falling into darkness forever.”

Be sure to visit the game’s website (which makes for quite an interactive experience in itself) to view a trailer, screenshots and concept art. The game is scheduled for release later this year.

The one thing always lacking from Captain Nemo’s Nautilus submarine has now finally been built by one Olly Klassen. Behold here what is undoubtedly the most steampunk home cinema in the world! Visit the website for more pictures.

About 5
Voiced by Academy Award nominee John C. Reilly, 5 is a caring, nurturing engineer – the loyal, big-hearted “common man” who always tries to play the peacemaker. He is also an apprentice of 2, with whom he shares a special bond.

Insider Trivia
Screenwriter Pamela Pettler previously co-wrote the animated hits “Monster House” and Tim Burton’s “Corpse Bride.”

Can’t get enough of 9?
-       Meet the Scientist at Facebook.com/9Scientist
-       Explore the Scientists Lab at 9Experiment.com
-       Watch the trailer at 9TheMovie.com
-       Visit on your cell phone at 9.msite.tv
-       Sign up for mobile alerts by texting ‘9″ to 4FOCUS (436287)
-       Be sure to download the reader by texting ‘READER’ to 4FOCUS (436287) so you can decipher the secret messages on the street and gain access to exclusive content!
-       Secret Tip: Comic Con 2009!

Be sure to stay alligned with this transmission for further tidbits from this film!

Unplanned Downtime

On June 16, at approximately 17:00 UTC, the web hosting provider used by Brass Goggles began a short planned downtime for security updates and routine maintenance to their VPS hosting services.  Our VPS node never came back on line after this down time.  The situation was resolve at approximately 20:00 UTC on June 17.

Our hosting provider worked diligently to resolve the issue, and I’m extremely pleased with their customer service.

Planned Downtime

Between June 18 at 18:00 UTC, and concluding June 22 at 15:00 UTC, Brass Goggles will be undergoing intermittent periods of planned downtime to test new backup and restore procedures and perform system and software upgrades.

At this time, I only expect short interruptions in service, less than 30 minutes each. Additionally, I expect periods of slower service throughout.

For about a month now, the forum has been located at http://brassgoggles.co.uk/forum instead of /bg-forum ; likewise the blog has been at /blog rather than /brassgoggles. Requests made using the old paths have been transparently redirected so as to avoid breaking links.

The planned updates may break this ability; old links may be redirected to a “not found” page which provides a link to a likely new location.

Watch this space, and follow brasstech on Twitter, for updates.

The Science museum (London) is running a poll to decide which out of “10 scientific objects that changed the world” is most favoured in the world- All of the things have a little spiel on them, and inventions include items such as Stevenson’s Rocket, the model T ford and the electric telegraph. It also includes some more recent inventions/discoveries such as penicillin, but compared to the steamy goodness of a clanking engine belching fire and steam, what chance do a couple of microbes have ?
See the poll here:
http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/Centenary/Home/Icons.aspx

A new era in animated storytelling begins on 9.9.09. Visionary filmmakers Tim Burton (The Corpse Bride, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory) and Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted, Nightwatch) join forces to produce wunderkind director Shane Acker’s distinctively original and thrilling tale. 9 stars Elijah Wood, John C. Reilly, Jennifer Connelly, Martin Landau, Christopher Plummer and Crispin Glover and features the music of Danny Elfman.

When 9 (The Lord of the Ring’s Elijah Wood) first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world. All humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their extinction. Despite being the neophyte of the group, 9 convinces the others that hiding will do them no good. They must take the offensive if they are to survive, and they must discover why the machines want to destroy them in the first place.

As they’ll soon come to learn, the very future of civilization may depend on them.

www.9themovie.com

Also, check out the “9″ Scientist’s page on Facebook where the online prequel story has begun unfolding through his page. Through the “9 Scientist” Facebook page, readers will be begin their journey into the back-story of the “9” film, while actively participating in the development of the prequel story.  Read his inner most thoughts, ideas and inventions here:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/9-Scientist/68320649914?ref=ts

Be sure to look out for more exclusives as the film’s release nears us!

A film by Peculiar Pictures, from their website:

A story of outstanding heroism in the face of deception, subterfuge and treachery. Conjuring up the belief that it was made forty years before film was even invented, 1884: Yesterday’s Future tells of a future that might have been but never was. Directed by Tim Ollive, the film is a mix of animation, puppetry and two dimensional and three dimensional computer generated imagery (CGI) set against backgrounds created using stunning artwork, model sets and period photographs from the Hulton Picture Library division of Getty Images.

Combine these idiosyncratic production techniques with a script of mind boggling ingenuity and you have a hilarious comedy film the like of which you will not have seen before.

So, put your tongue firmly in your cheek, stiffen your upper lip and prepare to be shaken and stirred by 1884: Yesterday’s Future.

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More information here, and a truly marvellous trailer may be found, but I can’t tell you where or how.

Yes, Jake of all Trades is at it again. With the release of the computer game Damnation, he was commissioned to create a computer to be given away to a winner of the competition held by Destructoid. It weighs nearly a metric tonne, and is full of wood and brassy goodness.
It sports an Intel Core i7 965, 12 gigs DDR3 RAM, an X57 chipset motherboard, a Dual Radeon 4870X2 card, and 1 Terabyte of hard drive.

You too can enter the competition to win this fantastic device. Just post a picture of you in your best steamy outfit, with the destructoid.com logo. Unfortunately, due to its weight, the competition is only open to US and Canadian residents (spifflication!).

Show Us Your Loive Of Steam Punk And Win This Custom PC