#steampunk

#steampunk

After Losing His Fingers, Engineer Built His Own Steampunk Mechanical Prosthetic HandAfter a workshop accident where he smashed his hand, Ian Davis suffered a blood infection that ultimately led to amputations of four fingers on his left hand. To make matters worse, Davis learned that his insurance would have covered the cost of a prosthetic hand if he had lost his entire left hand - not just the four fingers because "fingers are not medically necessary."Being a mechanical engineer, Davis decided to build himself a steampunk prosthetic hand - one that is better than a medical prosthetic hand, and at a fraction of the cost.In this YouTube video, Davis managed to enable the splay function on his mechanical prosthetic hand.

The Black Pearl, a Steam-Powered MotorcycleBehold the Black Pearl, a steam-powered (yes, it has a steam engine) motorcycle built by Dutch custom motorcycle shop Revatu Customs.The badass steampunk bike certainly looks worthy of being piloted by Captain Jack Sparrow, but unlike its namesake, the motorcycle is a tad bit slower: it has a top speed of just 5 miles per hour (8 kph).From Throttle Extreme:[Owner Rene van Tuil] was inspired “Train Wreck”, a 2012 fictional design by Colby Higgins, and spent eight months working on an actual real-life version of the steampunk motorcycle ...Designed to resemble an old locomotive train engine, this retro rider is actually powered by a real steam engine in much the same way steam locomotives turn their massive wheels. The rear wheel of the Revatu Black Pearl is turned by an exposed crankshaft rotated by an eccentric pivot. A bell and real steam horn have been added to keep this bizarre bikes Iron Horse credentials squarely on track.Photo: Marc Quinlivan#motorcycle #steampunk #RevatuCustoms #locomotive