The Best Fictional Doomsday Devices

Ostracus writes to tell us that Wired has an interesting summary of some of the best fictional doomsday devices. These devices have featured heavily in movies, television, and fiction; their list includes favorites from Dr. Strangelove to Futurama. What devices have they missed? "By the time Futurama's sci-fi satire hit the scene, creator Matt Groening had the doomsday-device shtick down. Case in point: the Spheroboom. This highly explosive space/time-bending device isn't just the prized jewel of the show's mad scientist, Professor Farnsworth. It also destroys anyone/anything not wearing a 'Doom-proof Platinum Vest.'"

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Although it is unlikely to destroy the universe, it might come close to destroying the world. Children raised on process food so they have an allergic real any real foods(I am amazed to see mac and fake cheese replace peanut butter). Children so used to conditioned air and antiseptic living that any hint of the outside causing immediate near fatal conditions. We are mere years away from becoming unable to survive in our own world.