Traditionnaly refers to fiction novels set in an alternate victorian reality, featuring "the path not taken" in matters of world politics or science. Steampunk fiction is traditionally less dystopian than it's futuristic counterpart, cyberpunk. Suprisingly, Steampunk fiction is very present in today's mainstream entertainment industry; "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" movie and comic book are considered steampunk, Disney's "Atlantis "but also a variety of anime such as Fullmetal Alchemist, novels such as "The Difference Engine" or the various works of Jules Vernes.
Various artists have stylized modern items into a steampunk genre - these range from clothes to toys to various useful items - a link!
http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20080613/the-10-coolest-steampunk-gadgets-ever/
Steampunk fiction often incorporates various gadgets (such as the steamwheel in Steamboy) of complex, mechanical looking design - imagine perhaps, a steampowered version of Da Vinci's gliders.
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