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Valve's Steam Cloud Brings Cloud Computing to Gaming Masses

In the next update to Valve's Steam client, which distributes and manages PC games, and is probably the best digital distribution setup around (other software companies wish they had a setup half as good), Valve will be throwing cloud computing into the mix. Called Steam Cloud, the update will let you store profiles, keybindings and all of your save games online, in addition to social networking features like calendars and stuff. The cloud storage is free. Why is this a big deal? More »

9:30 AM on Fri May 30 2008
By matt buchanan
7,706 views, 17 comments

Latest by Ashe: @ Stephenbb - Wow! Looks like Steam deserves another whirl again. Never thought about that aspect of having Steam. Sure more »

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Steam Powered Electronic Newspaper Makes Us Ask If This is Really Necessary

Does the world really need another steam powered anything? And if it does, would an electronic newspaper be the most appropriate thing to be steam powered? We don't have any answers for these questions. All we know is that this Japanese setup can turn a page in all of 15 seconds, making it a whole two seconds faster than our "pull down our pants and turn it with our ass" approach. [Digital World Tokyo via Uber Gizmo]

1:00 PM on Wed Apr 30 2008
By Jason Chen
3,379 views, 19 comments

Latest by brutek: idiot. many power plants are steam powered. more »

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A Steam-Powered Battery Charger Seems Really Practical

You read that right. It's a steam-powered battery charger. Yeah, this is something we can picture everyone building on their own. More »

3:15 PM on Tue Feb 26 2008
By Jason Chen
4,601 views, 28 comments

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Steam-Powered Car Goes 200MPH, is Steampunk Batman's Ride

This crazy Batman-esque steam-powered car is an entry to the British Steam Car Challenge, which intends to both break the land speed record for steam records and give a lot of people steam burns in the process.

This entry has four boilers and can go up to 200MPH in the Utah Salt flats, some of the flattest tracts of land this side of Keira Knightley. Steam Superman is jealous. – Jason Chen

British Steam Car Challenge [via Crave via Sci Fi]

6:30 PM on Fri Jun 22 2007
By Jason Chen
11,614 views, 10 comments

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The Steampunk Office

Not content with just making steampunk monitors, steampunk guitars and steampunk turntables, the offices of Three Rings Design decide to make their entire workplace steampunk. More »

3:20 PM on Wed Jun 13 2007
By Jason Chen
13,019 views, 28 comments

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Get Facial Steam Massages From Your Overpriced Cup of Joe

I can't find the words to properly express how strange of an invention this is. It is a device that attaches to the top of a Starbucks cup and will give facial steam massages ... with the steam from the coffee. Seriously, what the hell. – Travis Hudson More »

2:53 PM on Fri Dec 8 2006
By Travis Hudson
432 views, 15 comments

Latest by deusdiabolus: Now you can infuse the caffeine vapors directly into your pores, eliminating the need to drink the stuff...and for that more »

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Luxury Multi-Function Steam Shower - $22,587

This is out of range for most of us, so we'll just have to gawk and drool like the plebes we are. The shower is made of silicon-free safety glass in either clear or tinted blue. With great wealth comes great lack of shame. More »

8:30 PM on Thu Jun 29 2006
By Jason Chen
456 views, 7 comments

Latest by JAFO: I think we should get one for Giz HQ. Live-blogging from the shower! OK, OK, anything to get you guys more »

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Whirlpool's Pret-a-Porter Clothes Revitalizer

Whirlpool, known for its innovative range of home appliances, has unveiled Pret-a-Porter, the clothes revitalizer. It has the size of a vacuum cleaner and is fully portable. You can use the device for removing odor, sweat and smoke stains from the clothes that do not need a full, proper cleaning. It is designed to look like a piece of fancy luggage and can be used on almost every fabric. It is expected to be launched in the European markets by September 2006. No word on American release, so we can just keep stinking up the place. More »

11:34 AM on Wed Apr 5 2006
By johnb
930 views, 8 comments

Latest by Digitele: For we Brits they'll have to upgrade it to get rid of lager and kebab/curry stains. Perhaps Bill C might have more »