50 Insane Sci-Fi-Looking Machines

Neill Lynskey Published 02/17/2025

The real world is finally catching up to sci-fi movies.

It seems like scientists realized that science was every kid’s least favorite subject, so they got to work and made it look cool. Neutrino detectors, quantum computers and nuclear fusion reactors are just a few of the things that are finally starting to look like evil, world-ending pieces of tech.

I don’t know what most of this stuff does, but I’m ninety-percent sure they all shoot lasers.

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8. Particle Accelerators

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15. Neutrino Detectors

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24. Fusion Reactors

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34. Engines

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40. Quantum Computers

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46. Nuclear Bombs and Missiles

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