Do you have a geek in your life that has a split personality?  Sure, he loves the tech. He loves the gadgety goodness of a laptop or a cell phone.   But, he’s also into the retro look and feel of the Victorian age with all the Jules Verne fun you can have in that world.  We often forget that the Victorian age was a time of science and technological change just as much as our own 21st century world.  Yet, how is a marriage of the two possible?

Enter the Steampunk Laptop. 

Steampunk is modern technology with a late Victorian aesthetic.  “Sure, it’s time to build technology,” says the Steampunk aficionado, “but it’s time to build beautiful technology! Instead of the black or gray plastic that one expects from a computer, what’s the matter with beautiful woods or brass?”

The Steampunk Laptop is a real, working laptop with all the components you’d consider necessary to get the job done.  But, it has been modified with a wood case, brass keys, leather padding, a brass keyboard and brass feet to help with the cooling process.

The Steampunk laptop embraces the idea that while futuristic technology is a wonderful thing, it’s also important to embrace one’s aesthetic roots and enjoy the beauty one can find from our Victorian ancestors. 

Posted by Noel.