The Blog by AE Flint, Trial by Steam, brought to my attention a facinating post about use of one of Charles Babbage's science fiction concepts to overcome heat problems in defense industry computers on missles etc.
While this does nto directly pertain to the main theme of this blog, it affects us in terms of helping make Steampunk better known as a philosophy, a lifestyle, and in showing the great value of some "postmodernist" theories about not throwing away the value of the past just to get something new. Take a look:
Steampunk chip takes the heat - tech - 10 September 2010 - New Scientist
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