Real world Clock punk circa 2022

https://www.fau.eu/2022/04/27/news/research/small-mini-nano-the-worlds-smallest-gear-wheel/

https://www.fau.eu/2022/04/27/news/research/small-mini-nano-the-worlds-smallest-gear-wheel/

nano gear unit is controlled by light so we Still need pipes just Photon pipes

IF done technically Small gears can be used to build small Mech chips.

Hey! So, pretty short and simple question: what are some unique ideas for the usage of gears? Just a bit curious what people have came up with for using them, outside of... well, using them as a mechanism to transfer or augment mechanical power.

Bc that’s what came to mind first when I discovered that this genre exists

Hi, i just find out about the sci-fi subgenre, Clockpunk. Can you tell me more about this subgenre? And what makes it different with steampunk?

Thanks!

I'm the new moderator here on r/clockpunk. I requested this subreddit because it has been restricted from posting for a while. So I hope anyone who has something worthwhile to post for the Clockpunk subgenre will share it here.

What is Clockpunk?

The Clockpunk theme is focused on gears, clocks, brass metal, mechanical mechanisms, automatons, and airships.

The general setting is a grandiose, thriving society set during a retro-futuristic version of the Renaissance Period and/or the Baroque Period. As a result, other sciences such as astronomy, engineering, botany, and many others are being explored with great interest.

The main type of power is any form of kinetic energy (energy from movement) such as flywheels, water mills, windmills, pendulums, tide mill, Christmas pyramid/angel chimes, wind-up springs, counter weights, and much more along these lines. Basically taking kinetic energy processes and evolving them substantially as the main power sources.

Also can have mystical themes such as magic, astrology, and alchemy.

Clockpunk vs. Steampunk

This is contrasted with Steampunk which usually takes place somewhere between a retro-futuristic version of the Victorian era or a retro-futuristic version of the Industrial Revolution. Steampunk obviously uses steam in all of its power generation, whereas Clockpunk uses more mechanical forces to achieve its feats. Steampunk also trends along being more rustic and worn-down, whereas Clockpunk, while not having a clear definition, can be seen as following the trends of the Renaissance period it takes place in, which is a period of rapid transition in many different academic fields from the Middle Ages to modernity.

But also like Steampunk, it's rarely centered around the power sources themselves (although it's an important detail) than the actual setting and imagination of the artist. Where Steampunk explores the industrial revolution and the Victorian age to a highly developed retro-futurism, Clockpunk does a similar thing with the Renaissance period and its Davinci-inspired mechanisms. And the retro-futurism aspect of that is developing all types of kinetic energy processes for hundreds to thousands of years.

Clockpunk has an enormous potential in art, movies, TV, and comics. But it is sadly often either overshadowed by steampunk or simply lumped in with it.

My hope is to build something here that can differentiate itself from Steampunk and add to the Clockpunk theme.

Please let me know if I should add that description to the sidebar.

And here's some of my idea (in picture form) of what the Clockpunk subgenre is:

(Link to a Deviantart Gallery)

I hope to shape r/clockpunk into an extensive resource for people on the web wanting to learn what Clockpunk truly is. Let's do it!

Devilchild

This happened way back in 1735 at Pine Barren.....

Jane « Mother » Leed was a upstanding citizen, mother of 12 beautiful childrens. One day, she was returning of a long trip at the next town’s market . Night have fallen and Mother Leed was beginning to apprehend the coming of some devilry. And sure enough, the stars suddenly began to disappear behind a large black blot moment before the sky open in a multicolour display. A beaming ray of light then drag poor Jane in this dark parody of the gate to Heaven. When she wake up ( without even knowing she fell asleep) she find herself strapped in a torture tables surrounded by demons, wings, goathead, forked tails and all. They did ungodly things to her genitals with infernal torture tools . But mercily, she wake up in the morning ,laying on the road,with no memories of her torment .

A month passed without incident until Mother Leed began seeing the first sign of a 13th pregnancy. Mr Leed was overjoyed but the memories of her demonic encounter began to arise, like a warning, from Jane’s mind. All 9 months, she protested than this child was from the devil, but no one was listening. At the time of birth,the babe was looking like any babe. But as the child grew the hooves came , then the wings, then the fur and finally the head took a goat-like appearance. Once this transmogrification ended, the creature slaughthered his family before flying away. Still to this days, the Leed’s demonchild haunt the woods of New Jersey.