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54 Years Ago, Time Travel Was Invented By Doc Brown
8:55AM Rosa Golijan | On November 5, 1955, Dr Emmett Lathrop Brown hit his head on the side of a bathroom sink. As his headache faded, an image appeared — an idea that would finally make time travel possible: the flux capacitor. More »
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Next Year, I’m Time Travel Trick-Or-Treating
5:00PM Rosa Golijan | Actually, why wait until next year? I think I’m just gonna trick out a DeLorean and spend a couple of weeks trick or treating my way through the last few decades. I just need a costume first. [xkcd]
Design
Buy The Hat From Back To The Future: Part II
1:40AM Mark Wilson | You’ve seen the shoes and you’ve scored the jacket. But what about the most garish garment of Marty McFly’s 2015 ensemble, his eye-straining, iridescent hat? Yes, now even that masterpiece is for sale. More »
Toys
Lego DeLorean Is 100% Remote-Controlled Brick Awesomeness
12:30AM Jesus Diaz | Dear Lego: You better make this remote-controlled Lego DeLorean a real product or I will go back to Denmark and burn your factory down. Kindest regards, J. P.S. Don’t forget to check the video after the jump. More »
Vehicles
Build Your Own Mr. Fusion and Gasify Your Car With Garbage
8:00AM Sean Fallon | Ever since Doc Brown added a Mr. Fusion to the Delorean, many of us have longed to fuel our car with banana peels and beer. Now you can, thanks to the magic of gasification. More »
Gadgets
How to Make Your Own Legit Hoverboard
2:45AM Adam Frucci | You may think that Marty McFly’s hoverboard is still a fantasy. It is, but you can make a pretty rough approximation of it on your own today without it costing too much. More »
Vehicles
At Gizmodo Gallery: Back to the Future DeLorean Is Here
6:19AM Jesus Diaz | Hey people! The DeLorean has arrived. From the past to the Gizmodo Gallery, straight from the 80s, like me and my pants! More »
Vehicles
At Giz Gallery: Reader Meetup and a Back To the Future Delorean
7:17AM Brian Lam | We’ve been teasing out a few of our 40+ Gizmodo Gallery gadgets on display next week in NYC, like the 103-inch Panasonic plasma, Apple prototypes and the first Walkman. But did I mention we’ll have a Delorean parked outside the Gallery next Friday night, coinciding with the reader meetup? No? Did I mention its a car with full Back To the Future props. No? Huh, funny. I probably should have told you that earlier. Anyhow, here are the details for the reader meetup, which I hope you can come to. More »
Gadgets
Back to the Future II Jacket on eBay
1:45AM Mark Wilson | We’ve already gotten the 2015 Nikes, and now Marty McFly’s Back to the Future II jacket is for sale on eBay. It’s not the actual film prop and it sadly lacks Auto Dry, but this leather recreation will have to be close enough until the world’s inventors get their act together and make us the real thing. Here’s a shot of it being worn by some guy who’s way cooler than you: More »
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