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The Flux Capacitor: Graphic Designers Explain What Science Can't

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         Little known BttF fact: Did you know Doc Brown traveled back to 1953, sucker-punched Charlie Parker and stole that alto sax back there? Strange but true.
         Little known BttF fact: Did you know Doc Brown traveled back to 1953, sucker-punched Charlie Parker and stole that alto sax back there? Strange but true.
According to that Back to the Future trilogy timeline I posted last week, 2010 is supposedly the year that Doc Brown and his family took their locomotive time machine to for that nifty VTOL flying wheel upgrade. Well, scientists of the world, where are my jetpacks, food pills and flying trains, hmm? And let's not even start talking about the Mr. Fusion from BttF 2 that runs on banana peels and beer. Sheesh.
 
But where science leaves off, drunken movie fans valiantly fight on. Case in point: the folks at Sloshspot, a site devoted to visiting and rating local watering holes, has created an infographic showing just how the DeLorean's flux capacitor works. Based on one part Christopher Lloyd's technobabble, one part completely making shit up and three fingers of scotch, the designer has crafted a very convincing explanation for how this utterly impossible technology would work. 
 
Check it out after the break then go fabricate one in your garage. If it happens to work, could you do me a solid and buy some Microsoft stock for me from 1988? Thanks dude or dudette! 


Roberton Aug. 17, 2010 at 11:26 a.m.
cool 
edit:wooooooooo go the quest
TheMasterDSon Aug. 17, 2010 at 11:34 a.m.
Also, adding to point 3, if you're going to make a time machine, you might as well do it in style.
gangly is online on Aug. 17, 2010 at 11:41 a.m.
I think the bigger question is, "how many wanna be Docs intentionally caused themselves head trauma trying to get such a brilliant flash of fictional inspiration?"
 
Also, that graphic's cool, but the image of Doc looks like an empty old lady Halloween mask and it scares me.
Flap_jacksonon Aug. 17, 2010 at 11:47 a.m.
Can we add that "little known BttF fact" to the trivia section for the movie?
Martin_Blankon Aug. 17, 2010 at 12:08 p.m.
Time travel is impossible. Impossible! Rocket-propelled chainsaws are a more practical invention.

Matt staff on Aug. 17, 2010 at 1:17 p.m.
@Martin_Blank: That's one of the most beautiful thing's I've ever seen. This is what would happen if Bruce Campbell were Secretary of Defense.
Lydian_Selon Aug. 17, 2010 at 6:52 p.m.
@Martin_Blank said:
" Time travel is impossible. Impossible! Rocket-propelled chainsaws are a more practical invention.
"
I second this notion!!
Mustardon Aug. 18, 2010 at 12:01 a.m.
why do people keep getting this wrong?
Did you not watch the movies?
 
He goes forward to 2015, not 2010. We still have 5 years to go before we get hoverboards and flying cars... 
 
... and Jaws in 3d.
Mistress_Redheadon Aug. 18, 2010 at 12:14 a.m.
@Matt said:
" @Martin_Blank: That's one of the most beautiful thing's I've ever seen. This is what would happen if Bruce Campbell were Secretary of Defense. "
LMAO I was thinking something similar

Dig Deeper into Dr. Emmett Brown

The eccentric Doctor played by Christopher Lloyd in the Back to the Future series. He invents time travel after hitting his head on his bathroom sink.

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