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Looks like Nike could finally be releasing the power lacing Mag trainers that Marty McFly wore in 2015 - in 2011.
Nike filed a patent for power laces in 2009.
Update: Turns out the original prototype turned up on eBay in 2008.
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One of the most moving robot death scenes of all time. Interesting because both actors are robots.
“My useful days are finished but part of me goes with you. You’ll never be obsolete. Carry on the tradition. We’re the best. [clunk]” - B.O.B
From Disney’s The Black Hole (1979)
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Yes, there’s projected augmented reality in Zardoz (1974).
It appears to be in LOLspeak too.
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For a film released in 1987 Robocop was a pretty accurate depiction of the future.
It has augmented reality (which is all the rage at the moment).
Check out her glasses - she looks like an American Apparel model.
Location Based Services.
GPS Tracking on a handheld device - in 1987 (Palm released the Pilot nearly ten years later).
I love how the flashing light on that handheld is blatantly an LED.
It had face recognition which is being experimented with now.
It also had networked informatics and data logging. Robocop must have some kind of data uplink. Wonder if it’s GPRS, EDGE, 3G or something like this. They should use Pachube.
DVD (which wasn’t invented till 1995).
We’re not that far off unmanned combat robots like ED209 either. It’s basically a glorified Aibo (1999 ) with big guns. In fact, check out this news story!.
It also had matt black cars. Matt black is the new cool colour option for cars in 2010.
All we need now is for the police to go on strike.
