After getting great feedback on my previous article on Steam powered robots, I thought nothing goes better with robots than ray guns.  While scouring the internet I found this web page dedicated to the sale of Ray Guns.  Why would you want a ray gun?  Imagine you are out on a date with your significant other slowing enjoying a quite evening drinking in the presence of each other while dining on of perfectly seared scallops or a hearty prime rib when mushroom men from Mercury pop in to ruin the date?  What well thanks to Dr. Grordbort you can be prepared for just that occassion.

Looking through the site there are beautifully crafted guns ranging from the Mongoose Concealable Ray Pistol to the Blunderbus Unnatural Selector I am amazed at the creativity and ingenuity of Greg Broadmore. Read the rest of this entry »

I saw this and thought the idea was really cool. The concept behind “Steam Punk” or Steam Works is what if technology had developed differently. For example, what would machines have been like if computers and the industrial revolution occurred at roughly the same time. Leave aside the obvious problems with that concept and enjoy the designs for their ingenuity. They strike me as something for a H. G Wells or Jules Verne novel. They are fascinating to watch and intriguing to consider the possibilities.

Steam Powered Robot Centipede

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