The future is NOW!

[Briansmithtown]

Happy Back to the future day everyone!

[Al Skierkiewicz]

You cannot believe how big it is here in Chicago.

[JustinCAD]

Can you believe it: After today, all the Back to the Future movies would be taking place entirely in the past! I think that's really freaky to think about.

[Aren Siekmeier]

Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz

You cannot believe how big it is here in Chicago.

Let's go Cubbies!

[D_Price]

Also here in Pittsburgh it is sort of big (probably not on the scale of Chicago at all). I'm sure there's more then a few references to the Cubs winning the World Series in Chicago? Haha.

[TedG]

Originally Posted by JustinCAD

Can you believe it: After today, all the Back to the Future movies would be taking place entirely in the past! I think that's really freaky to think about.

Mind Blown!
I hadn't thought of that before......

[TJP123]

We don't have our hoverboards yet, but the flux capacitor is an option on the Ford Focus.
http://shop.ford.com/build/focus/?gn...FLU.~FOCUS.%5D

[GeeTwo]

Originally Posted by TedG

Mind Blown!
I hadn't thought of that before......

Get used to it. I clearly recall this same moment ca 1984 (Orwell), Sept 13, 1999 (when the nuclear waste dump exploded on the moon per Space 1999, a really cheesy TV show) and 2001 and 2010 (Clarke). Hitting 1975, when Heinlein put a man on the moon, wasn't as exciting, as we beat his time by six years. I certainly didn't imagine that we wouldn't be back on the moon for forty more years (and still counting).

[hectorcastillo]

Originally Posted by TJP123

We don't have our hoverboards yet, but the flux capacitor is an option on the Ford Focus.
http://shop.ford.com/build/focus/?gn...FLU.~FOCUS.%5D

Hoverboards, check

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwSwZ2Y0Ops

[GeeTwo]

Originally Posted by hectorcastillo

Hoverboards, check

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwSwZ2Y0Ops

They're obviously based on a different principle (more like a hovercraft than the BTTF hoverboard, which appears to be antigravitic or magnetic). Just curious, how long can these run on a single charge (whether that's of a battery or a CO₂ cartridge, or something else)?

[Whippet]

Originally Posted by GeeTwo

They're obviously based on a different principle (more like a hovercraft than the BTTF hoverboard, which appears to be antigravitic or magnetic). Just curious, how long can these run on a single charge (whether that's of a battery or a CO₂ cartridge, or something else)?

It's a superconductor running on a magnetic track below the surface of the skate park. Lexus hasn't released any specs on it since a production run would be completely impractical, but I would assume that the nitrogen evaporates rather quickly.