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futura Back to the Future Tech
We're talking on flat screens and opening our doors with a thumbprint!
futura The movie's characters unlocked doors and paid with fingerprints, foreshadowing how smartphones, banking apps, and home locks use
futura Multiple video channels play simultaneously on a wall-mounted flat-screen display.
futura Sort hands-free gaming gear to learn which of the movie's 2015 predictions came true.
Elijah Wood's debut: A young Elijah Wood made his very first film appearance in Back to the Future Part II as one of the kids playing the arcade game.
The measurement and analysis of unique physical or behavioral characteristics to verify personal identity. In the 1989 film, characters use their thumbprints to unlock doors and authorize digital payments.
In the film Back to the Future Part II, what biometric feature do characters use to unlock the front door of the McFly home?
What bulky, heavy technology was used for almost all televisions in 1989, making the movie's flat-screen prediction highly impressive?
What famous American baseball team's World Series victory did the 1989 film predict for the year 2015?
Which real-world video calling service, launched in 2003, made the movie's 2015 video call prediction a widespread reality?
What type of compact, flying camera is seen walking a dog and taking news photos in the movie's version of 2015?
What modern technology, released by companies like Apple and Meta, closely mirrors the wearable communication glasses worn by Marty's future children?
Which device, ubiquitous in modern daily life, was completely missing from the 2015 depicted in Back to the Future Part II?