Steam unveils three next-gen devices unified by SteamOS, expanding gaming with powerful console, controller, and VR. | Interesting Engineering

Today on The Vergecast, The Verge’s Sean Hollister joins us to talk about the new Steam Machine, a 6-inch cube that runs Windows games, but without Windows at the helm. #vergecast #windows #steam #pcgaming | The Verge

Hello from Valve headquarters! We just saw the Steam Machine, the PC game console that’s not much bigger than a box of Kleenex. It’s coming alongside the sequel to the Steam Controller, the most customizable gamepad ever made. It’s like a Steam Deck for your TV with far more performance — enough to replace an Xbox or PlayStation in your living room, perhaps? But might be priced more like a PC... #valve #pcgaming #steam #steamdeck | The Verge

The new Steam Controller is PREMIUM #valve #steam #steamdeck #steammachine #gaming #controller | IGN

Here's what we know about Valve's latest take on a gaming "console," the Steam Machine! #valve #STEAM #steammachine #gaming #PCGaming #tech | IGN

Hero’s Engine: a favorite engine in my collection and the very first steam engine ever devised, the Aeolipile is a radial steam jet reaction turbine, an invention attributed to Hero of Alexandria sometime between 10 and 70 AD. Water within the spherical container is heated to produce steam which exits through nozzles directed at right angles to the radial direction, and by Newton’s third law the steam ejected by these jets produce a torque about the rotation axis. There is no historical record o