I spotted this over on Walter Hunt’s blog and thought it was just too cool for words. It’s a Steampunk Laptop. For those of you who do not know what Steampunk is, it is a subgenre of Science Fiction. The Difference Engine is one of the early examples of Steampunk. The driving concept is “what if” the computer was invented earlier, like in the 19th Century.
Now we have a laptop worthy of Captain Nemo.
From Datamancer:
This may look like a Victorian music box, but inside this intricately hand-crafted wooden case lives a Hewlett-Packard ZT1000 laptop that runs both Windows XP and Ubuntu Linux. It features an elaborate display of clockworks under glass, engraved brass accents, claw feet, an antiqued copper keyboard and mouse, leather wrist pads, and customized wireless network card. The machine turns on with an antique clock-winding key by way of a custom-built ratcheting switch made from old clock parts.
Here’s a video of the laptop booting up.
All I can say is: Honey, I want one!
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