{"id":5073,"date":"2015-10-21T13:11:18","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T13:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/?p=5073"},"modified":"2021-07-08T09:47:39","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T08:47:39","slug":"october-21st-2015-the-future-starts-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/blog\/october-21st-2015-the-future-starts-here\/","title":{"rendered":"October 21st 2015 \u2013 the future starts here"},"content":{"rendered":"

October 21st<\/sup> 2015 \u2013 the future starts here<\/p>\n

From the fantasy of the Delorean to the reality of the electric Tesla \u2013 much has been made of the significance of the coming and going of the date of October 21st<\/sup> as the day upon which the predictions of the \u201cBack to the Future\u201d movie came to be recognised as possible or otherwise so what did the film get right and what did it get wrong<\/a> the noted BBC article sums it all up pretty well-<\/p>\n

Flying cars \u2013 not really<\/p>\n

Fusion energy drive\u2019s \u2013 no but Tesla do make a nice electric car \u2013<\/p>\n

Hoverboard\u2019s some say they have them perfected but as the Guinness world record seems to prove<\/a> whereas others such as the Lexus Hoverboard<\/a> have not been so well received<\/p>\n

Plus the clothes, the robotics , the entertainment etc they may not all be there on the shop shelves yet but many are pretty close on the subject of robotics what of the self drive car \u2013 it would appear Tesla are getting pretty close hence the use of the image above \u2013 the recent roll out of their \u201cautopilot mode\u201d seemed pretty cool<\/p>\n

– until Chief Executive Elon Musk said and we quote direct from the article \u2013<\/p>\n

– \u201cshould exercise caution while using it -It should not hit pedestrians, hopefully<\/em>,” he told the media. “It should handle them well<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

He added that if the car is involved in a collision, the driver is still liable.<\/p>\n

“The driver cannot abdicate responsibility. That will come at some point in the future.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Maybe the future is not quite as bright as it first appeared.<\/p>\n

At GFD HQ we sell doors and the whole \u201cBack to the Future thing got us thinking about what we could expect your typical front door in both looks and operation in twenty five years time. We have already tried most materials , timber, UPVC, Metal and composites of all of the above, we have doors that eliminate draughts and enhance the thermal conditions in homes- we already have keyless locking systems<\/a> and systems that operate by Apps from mobile devices<\/a> \u2013 so what\u2019s left to improve.<\/p>\n

At GFD HQ we believe we have the answer so here is our prediction for the front door of 2040<\/p>\n

Material \u2013 both door and frame will be a Perspex type material both will use fibre technology so that chameleon like the colour can be changed at will by the flick of a selector switch.<\/em><\/p>\n

The door frame will be linked to air conditioning so that it will be temperature aware so when opened in winter the frame will create a curtain of warm air within the frame so as to eliminate any cold air ingress \u2013 the system will work in reverse blowing cold air in warm conditions \u2013 the system will also work to neutralise any potential draughts when the door is closed therefore maintaining just ambient selected temperatures within.<\/em><\/p>\n

Locking and Hinging \u2013 the most radical change \u2013 we no longer think these will exist \u2013 the new system will incorporate electro magnets in the door and frame which will allow the door to hover in the frame when closed and lift out and slide aside when open \u2013 when closed the whole thing will be locked tight by those same electro magnets and it will probably all be either voice, retina or some other body part of your choice, activated operating system<\/em><\/p>\n

Will GFD still be around and selling such futuristic doors \u2013 we hope so but an awful lot can change in twenty five years \u2013 the one thing we know for certain in 2015 is that our Solidor doors sold through our Timber Composite Doors<\/a> web site are some of the highest quality and most competitively priced of composite doors currently available. If you cannot wait until 2040 to see if our \u201cBack to the Future\u201d prediction comes true we can supply you with a new door within a matter of days and by 2040 it should be just about ready for replacement, although we doubt that any future doors can improve upon the appearance of these beauties –<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"milano\"<\/p>\n

The Milano in Black<\/p>\n

\"brownflint\"<\/p>\n

The Flint in Oak<\/p>\n

With twenty nine styles in eighteen colours and a multitude of glazing and accessory options maybe we have it all wrong and nothing will change in the next twenty five years \u2013 maybe these superb doors from Timber Composite Door are already the door of the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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