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Beyond <i>Back to the Future</i>: Experts Serve Up Tech Predictions for 2045

Beyond Back to the Future: Experts Serve Up Tech Predictions for 2045

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Christopher Lloyd In 'Back To The Future' — Christopher Lloyd wearing concoction on his head in a scene from the film 'Back To The Future', 1985Universal Pictures—Getty Images

October 22, 2015 2:53 AM EDT

In ‘Back to the Future Part II,’ Marty McFly and Doc Brown travel from 1985 to October 21, 2015, to find a world filled with flying cars, hoverboards and self-drying jackets.

Those predictions didn’t exactly pan out, although people are working on each of those concepts. (Screenwriter Bob Gale did get a lot of things — from drones to fingerprint scanners — right, as he told TODAY earlier this year.)

The future is now, and it’s pretty cool. But what will the world be like in another 30 years? Three futurists shared their predictions…

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