32 examples of real infrastructure that wouldn’t look out of place in a sci-fi film
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17/ overland trains pic.twitter.com/kA9voY00Yl
— Kane 謝凱堯 (@kane) April 12, 2023
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18/ da Vinci surgical system pic.twitter.com/WoWkKDeK8h
— Kane 謝凱堯 (@kane) April 12, 2023
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19/ the Monticello Dam reservoir Glory Hole pic.twitter.com/IIP4HPZbPw
— Kane 謝凱堯 (@kane) April 12, 2023
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20/ GE’s Aviation Engine Testing, Research and Development Centre in Winnipeg pic.twitter.com/4UGpOPLQYi
— Kane 謝凱堯 (@kane) April 12, 2023
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21/ French Aerospace Lab’s S1MA supersonic wind tunnel pic.twitter.com/HOIVqztShj
— Kane 謝凱堯 (@kane) April 12, 2023
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22/ tunnel boring machines pic.twitter.com/kMnQz3j32C
— Kane 謝凱堯 (@kane) April 12, 2023
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23/ the Svalbard Global Seed Vault and gene bank pic.twitter.com/4G7IQPD3r1
— Kane 謝凱堯 (@kane) April 12, 2023
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24/ the National Ignition Facility target chamber pic.twitter.com/X1FdbVsvJv
— Kane 謝凱堯 (@kane) April 13, 2023
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25/ anything involving wind turbine blade transport pic.twitter.com/ECMhXI4V3o
— Kane 謝凱堯 (@kane) April 13, 2023
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26/ ArcelorMittal steel mill (by https://t.co/LSRWf9QDxZ) pic.twitter.com/PNME5wbpCk
— Kane 謝凱堯 (@kane) April 17, 2023
We are truly living in the future! Other Twitter users added to the list with their own suggestions.
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Love this thread. Here's a few more :
Radar array at the scientific base in Ny-Ålesund, Norway pic.twitter.com/zJ4GZ6KSpV
— Niels Leadholm (@neuro_AI_Niels) April 12, 2023
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The MareNostrum supercomputer, Barcelona pic.twitter.com/ZaJy9V0fPD
— Niels Leadholm (@neuro_AI_Niels) April 12, 2023
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Amazing thread. I think that Odeillo's solar furnace (FR) deserves to be here! pic.twitter.com/UQGvT3fiZf
— Sara Matos (ella/-a/she/her) (@echaelfechillo) April 13, 2023
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The mirror lab at Univeristy of Arizona, builds 8.4 meter mirrors for the Giant Magellan telescope. You can tour it! https://t.co/LQLCF6gxOz pic.twitter.com/pUIM1cf7Rv
— Peter Seid (@pwseid) April 12, 2023
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Japanese cement factory pic.twitter.com/myaZr2UTV8
— #blacklivesmatter (@zanot1mj) April 12, 2023
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Cross-channel power link (between France and UK) pic.twitter.com/zdATFsfRf7
— Pierre Chapuis (@pchapuis) April 12, 2023
If they missed any, let us know.
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