Live Like Marty With This Real Life Back to the Future Technology You Can Really Use
In Back to the Future II, Marty arrived in the future on October 21, 2015, and that just happened today. We seem to have created an alternate timeline because we didn’t get all the great things that Marty’s future had – but we got a lot. Here are the technologies of the future that we still have in this timeline.
Pay with your fingerprints with Apple and Android Pay
In the future, Marty seems to be everyone pays for things with their fingerprint. From the guy who begged Marty to “lend a hundred dollars” to save the clock tower to Biff, who paid an insane $ 174.50 taxi fare (presumably due to skyrocketing prices ). But this is not always acceptable. Doc still had to give Marty a $ 50 paper bill for the Pepsi.
It’s not that far from our timeline. If you have a recent iPhone or Android phone with a fingerprint reader, you can use your finger to authorize transactions. You can pay online for transactions on the phone itself, as well as at multiple outlets. You may even be able to pay for the taxi with your phone. However, don’t expect it to work everywhere. Even the 80s cafes haven’t updated their POS systems.
Open your front door with your fingerprints thanks to smart locks
With this high crime rate in Hilldale, it’s only natural for homeowners to want to protect themselves with something better than a toggle pin lock. Marty’s house is equipped with an unusual fingerprint lock that only opens to authorized users. Or time-traveling versions of authorized users from the past.
If you’re confident you won’t be visited by unreliable duplicate time travel, you can get your own fingerprint door locks. Samsung has a stylish one , even with an alternative PIN entry. Just in case your fingerprints burn out due to frequent use or something like that.
Turn on the lights when you come home with home automation
When in the future Jennifer had to be dragged to her home, the police advised to “reprogram”. It is dangerous to enter without light. ” Apparently, Marty and Jennifer still retained some of their reckless positions when they were teenagers.
Despite their careless time tampering, we still have fairly simple home automation tools these days. Belkin sells a super cheap and very simple WeMo Switch + Motion combo so you can program the lights to turn on when you enter a room. This will come in handy the next time you are knocked out by the sleep-inducing alpha generator (which is still waiting).
Get great views 24 hours a day with Chromecast
In the future, Marty will constantly have something nice on every screen in the house. From beautiful landscapes to art. When the TV (or window shade) was not in use, it was used as a decorative wall decoration.
Of all that it has managed to survive in our timeline in a completely pristine state. They just couldn’t name the Chromecast . If you have a Chromecast connected to your TV, the Backdrop feature will display landscapes, art, places of interest on Earth as viewed from space, as well as images of space itself. Ideally.
Roughly watching TV at dinner with a VR headset
If there is one constant in all realities, it is that children will spoil the family dinner with technology. Marty Jr. and Marlene gather around their wetted Pizza Hut, wearing hi-tech glasses. Marty Jr is still tuned in to one of his six TV channels, and Marlene is at least polite enough to only check her glasses on a phone call. Obviously future Marty still has a shared home phone. It sucks to be you Marty!
In our timeline, our glasses are still a little behind, but you can make your own Google Cardboard from the latest Amazon box you received. If you really want to get authentic (and own Samsung’s recent flagship), you can buy the $ 100 Gear VR developer device and watch Netflix in VR . It’s still probably rude to do at the dinner table.
Video chat with your boss using Google Hangouts
You know, in hindsight, Marty’s future sucks in many ways. Not only does he have to take calls on a shared landline that all of his kids can also access, but he also needs to make video calls on his TV through AT&T . AT&T – Marty’s Timeline Video Call Provider! Can you imagine a world where the only decent apps available are the services your ISP provides you with?
Luckily, we live in a better timeline with Google Hangouts , FaceTime, and Skype . While Marty’s video chat with his boss seemed to only serve one person, Hangouts could serve up to ten people at a time. You can also use all three services on your phone for more privacy. Your kids don’t really need to be notified when your boss is calling you during dinner, do they?
Play video games hands-free with Kinect
In the 80s cafe, Marty meets two children who are renovating a standing arcade office where the Wild Shooter works. Despite Marty’s insane shooting skills, the kids don’t seem to be impressed because you have to use your hands. “It’s like a child’s toy,” says the little fool.
Ironically, in our timeline, video games that don’t use your hands are actually more geared towards kids. A prime example is Kinect . The library of motion controlled games is extensive , but heavily biased towards youth. You won’t find Kinect-based Gears of War or Halo, but you can play a collection of dance, sports, and Disney games. Who’s playing with children’s toys now, Elijah Wood?
Cook tiny prepackaged pizzas in small instant boxes
Actually, you know what? Do not do this. Microwaved bagel bites are pretty disgusting.