Bringing the Past Back to The Future

 It's been 37 years since the iconic Marty McFly landed on the silver screens to wrap you up in his charisma. Yes, I am talking about the most iconic Hollywood Franchise-Back To The Future! If you have no idea about this film franchise, I suggest you watch this wonderful movie immediately without any delay!


Back to the Future is the smash-hit blockbuster that started one of the most beloved franchises of all time. 1985’s “Back to the Future” centres on the story of Marty McFly, a high school student from Hill
Valley, CA who dreams of making a huge impression on the public with his music-playing abilities, especially with his girlfriend Jennifer. He’s also good friends with the eccentric Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd), who has just invented a time machine out of a DeLorean. After the experiment goes wrong, Marty McFly is sent back to the year 1955. The rest is history. The movie has developed an iconic status with amazing dialogues, and magnificent tech.


The technology that this has predicted in 1985 is, to say the least, very interesting. For instance, let’s take the self-lacing sneakers. That was a revolutionary concept in itself. However hypothetical they may seem, Nike did assure us that this idea is going to be implemented in 2015. Regardless, the idea was a sure sellout. Back to the Future also suggested the idea of augmented reality through wearable technology that is so common nowadays, such as receiving a phone call through spectacles or glasses.


Tech restrictions along with resource constraints have limited wearable technology for quite some time but tech is paving way for new ideas now. Smart textiles are one of the starting points. As many of you will already have read, Google announced Project Jacquard in partnership with Levi’s earlier, ahead of market release in 2016. This is a conductive yarn that will allow touch interactivity on the fabric itself. It’s a bid to free us from using our mobile phones all the time by enabling simple functionalities like taking a selfie, turning a lightbulb on and off, and more.


 This one isn’t a new one – Tommy Hilfiger released a jacket last year that featured solar panels on the back of it leading to a portable battery pack that mobile phones and tablets could be plugged into. Then there are designers like Pauline van Dongen, who has integrated solar cells into highly wearable t-shirt designs. In the future, kinetic energy from our bodies will be increasingly utilised too.

And of course, the health and fitness world will also continue to have a big impact on our uptake of wearables, especially as more fashion companies get involved, like Ralph Lauren has. Its PoloTech T-shirt, which launched to the public in August 2015, incorporates a conductive silver-coated thread that allows the wearer to capture biometric information including their heart rate, breathing, steps and more.

Smart Wearables has a gigantic scope and will pave the way for mind-boggling inventions. Let us just wait and watch the spellbinding world of tech captivate us with the marvellous ideologies that are yet to come.


–Aditi Singhal




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