steampunk Archives – Barnorama

20 Most Insane Vintage Sci-Fi Concepts That Actually Came True!

Megi7 — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:40:35 +0000

Prepare to have your reality shattered. We have dug up the 20 most spectacular futuristic ideas from the last century.

“Smart watch” from 1984.

An all-in-one convenient kitchen concept from 1974.

The future of phones, 1956.

Life Magazine prediction from 1914 of what fashion would be like in 1950.

Self-driving cars of the future, 1960’s.

Home shopping in the 1940’s.

1940’s prediction of food delivery in the future.

1950’s campy future prediction.

Prediction of how the Olympic games in the year 2020 would look, unknown date.

“Television Newspaper” – Unknown date

Futuristic car concept, unknown date.

A nuke-proof underground city in Manhattan, 1969.

“House of the future” concept, 1957.

Future city prediction, 1980’s.

Mockup of a car navigation system, 1950’s.

Virtual reality concept from the 1990’s.

“Futuristic road trip with family” – Art by Bruce Mcall).

1930’s Soviet vision of the future.

James Bond receives a “text” message from his watch in The Spy Who Loved Me, 1977.

A female android in the future, 1954.

1970’s concept of the future of air travel

1980 Citroën Karin concept car.

Home entertainment center concept, late 1950’s.

Artist’s depiction of life in the future, 1930.

“Desert ship” concept from 1927.

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First Ever Kinetic Steampunk Bar Opens In Romania

Megi7 — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 00:11:11 +0000

The first kinetic steampunk bar has opened in Romania. It is known as Enigma Café from Cluj-Napoca and it took almost two years to bring the fascinating moving sculptures to life. Now people are traveling from all over the world to see the wonders of the bar.

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Detailed Steampunk Illustrations With A Ballpoint Pen

Megi7 — Wed, 18 Mar 2015 22:02:32 +0000

Marco lives in a small country town in regional Victoria, Australia. Drawing with a ballpoint has always been his favorite medium and long since he can remember that’s all he has really used. All these drawings have been illustrated freehand, without drafting in pencil. The idea of drawing without guides is liberating, allowing him transform any part of the drawing into anything he wants. In this series of works he has been experimenting with machining the forms of organic figures by stripping them down of their natural figure and redesigning them through the combination of smaller mechanical parts.

Tesla Charge Rhino

Colossal Crane Angler

Dapper Owl

Lady Earl Grey and the Cat Sentinel

Metal Carapace Scarab Beetle

Bosengine Taurus

Aerial Hinden Shark

Fortress Tortoise

Jet Propulsion Seahorse

Metal Mane Lion

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How To Make A Steampunk Handgun

Megi7 — Sun, 17 Aug 2014 22:07:11 +0000

Have you ever wanted to make your own steampunk handgun? Well this is how it’s done.

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Steampunk Chess

Megi7 — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 00:11:12 +0000

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Steampunk Cafe in South Africa

Megi7 — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 00:03:56 +0000

Truth Coffee‘s cafe in Cape Town, South Africa, has a very interesting and unusual interior design. It has steel railings, copper pipes and other steampunk elements all over the place.

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