Self-Lacing Back to the Future Shoes Coming From Nike?

It’s only four years until the events of _Back to the Future Part II_ are supposed to take place. While most of the film’s creations don’t look like they’re going to make the 2015 date (hoverboards, flying cars, an entire family played by Michael J. Fox), with the help of Nike, the Marty McFly’s self-lacing shoes may become a reality.  read more

Start Press: The Coming Age of MMOARSNs! (Massively Multiplayer Online Augmented-Reality Social Networks)

Earlier this week, Twitter—the only news source on the planet whose “reporters” spend less time fact-checking than Fox News—lit up with discussion of Robert Zemeckis’ 1989 film Back to the Future II. The subject began trending after a UK-based film magazine and website called Total Film tweeted that July 5th, 2010, just so happened to be the once futuristic-sounding date that Marty and Doc Brown had punched into their DeLorean dashboard. This ‘fun fact’ proceeded to go viral, triggering a global Twitter dialogue about how our late 20th-century hopes for futuristic technology have panned out....  read more