Futurepedia
Register
(→‎Actuality: rewritten slightly)
(→‎History: a little finetuning)
(19 intermediate revisions by 4 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
[[Image:Docholdingbinocularcard.PNG|thumb|250px|Doc holding his binocular card in 2015.]]
+
{{imageless}}[[Image:Docholdingbinocularcard.PNG|thumb|300px|Doc holding his binocular card in 2015.]]
A '''binocular card''' was a special pair of [[binoculars]] as small and as thin as a credit card, and could also take pictures of whoever or whatever was being viewed.
 
   
  +
{{Quote|Doc reached in his pocket and pulled out a plastic card with a pair of eyeholes, and the words POCKET BINOCULARS printed beneath. It looked like some cheap, plastic toy, the kind of thing you'd find as a prize in a cereal box. The way Doc handled it, though, Marty suspected it was really a more compact, fully functional future model.|From ''[[Back to the Future Part II novelization|Back to the Future Part II]]'' by [[Craig Shaw Gardner]] (quote, page 19)}}
[[Emmett Brown]] used one of these in [[2015]] to watch and also photograph [[Martin McFly, Jr.]] and [[Griff Tannen]] from a distance.
 
  +
 
A '''binocular card''' was a rectangular pair of [[binoculars]] as small and as thin as a [[credit card]], and also incorporated a [[camera]] to enable the user to take pictures of whoever or whatever was being viewed.
  +
  +
==History==
 
Dr. [[Emmett Brown]] used a binocular card in [[2015]] to watch and also take [[photograph]]s of [[Marty McFly, Jr.]] and [[Griff Tannen]] at a distance — namely, from the end of the [[alleyway]] where the [[DeLorean time machine]] landed.
   
 
==Actuality==
 
==Actuality==
* While binocular cards like that seen in ''Back to the Future Part II'' have yet to be invented, the one Doc uses appears to have face recognition software which is now a standard feature of many digital cameras.
+
* Digital cameras and camera-equipped smartphones of the approximate size and shape of the binocular card seen in ''Back to the Future Part II'' are near-ubiquitous items in 2015. The device Doc uses appears to have face recognition software, which is now a standard feature of many consumer digital cameras.
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
 
*''[[Back to the Future Part II]]''
 
*''[[Back to the Future Part II]]''
*''[[Back to the Future Part II novelization]]'' {{1stID|Binocular card}}
+
*''[[Back to the Future Part II novelization]]'' {{1stID|'binocular card'}}
  +
[[Category:Technology]]
 
  +
==External links==
  +
*[https://backtothepredictions.com/binocular-card/ Binocular Card - Back to the Predictions]
 
[[Category:2015 technology]]
 
[[Category:2015]]
 
[[Category:2015]]

Revision as of 19:45, 23 April 2020

Clock
"Problem is we won't be able to show it to anybody."
This article would greatly benefit from the addition of one or more new images.
Please upload a relevant canonical image and place it here. Once finished, this notice may be removed.
Docholdingbinocularcard

Doc holding his binocular card in 2015.

"Doc reached in his pocket and pulled out a plastic card with a pair of eyeholes, and the words POCKET BINOCULARS printed beneath. It looked like some cheap, plastic toy, the kind of thing you'd find as a prize in a cereal box. The way Doc handled it, though, Marty suspected it was really a more compact, fully functional future model."
—From Back to the Future Part II by Craig Shaw Gardner (quote, page 19)

A binocular card was a rectangular pair of binoculars as small and as thin as a credit card, and also incorporated a camera to enable the user to take pictures of whoever or whatever was being viewed.

History

Dr. Emmett Brown used a binocular card in 2015 to watch and also take photographs of Marty McFly, Jr. and Griff Tannen at a distance — namely, from the end of the alleyway where the DeLorean time machine landed.

Actuality

  • Digital cameras and camera-equipped smartphones of the approximate size and shape of the binocular card seen in Back to the Future Part II are near-ubiquitous items in 2015. The device Doc uses appears to have face recognition software, which is now a standard feature of many consumer digital cameras.

Appearances

External links