This article was originally published on December 31, 2014

THE YEAR 2015 is an important one, because it’s the year of Back To The Future 2.

Remember this?

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In the movie, Doc and Marty travel 30 years into the future from 1985, to save Marty and Jennifer’s future children.

And here’s what they find in the year 2015:

Flat screen TVs

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Oh, what’s that? A large flat-panel display mounted on a wall?

Yep.

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Fingerprint scanners

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Not only are these now a built-in part of millions of iPhones worldwide, you can now literally buy one for your house for a couple of hundred euro.

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So everyday, even our pets are doing it.

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Self-lacing shoes

Nike designer Tinker Hatfield has declared that these will become a reality in 2015.

The company has already made a non-power-lacing replica of Marty McFly’s shoes, which currently sell for around $8,000 a pop. Here’s somebody wearing them:

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The Hoverboard

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In the spring of 2014, the world was pranked by what appeared to be a functioning replica of the hoverboard. It turned out to be a Funny Or Die hoax.

But then, along came Hendo Hoverboards. Yes, this is real. Yes, you can buy one.

Flying cars

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Well, one now exists. In testing, anyway.

The AeroMobil can park in normal parking places, fill up at normal petrol stations… and fly almost 700km on a single tank.

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Oh, and… this fashion

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This is how we all dress, starting at 12.01am tomorrow. Deal? Deal.

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