How could you forget that antics of Doc Brown as he excitedly explains the Flux Capacitor to Marty McFly. If you don’t know what we are talking about, go watch Back To The Future right now! We’re not kidding.

This Flux Capacitor Replica is reproduced with full light effects and adjustable power settings, fully capable of being integrated into your very own time machine. Great if you don’t have the cash for your own DeLorean. Even better, you don’t need 1.21 jiggowatts of lightning power to launch the capacitor into lit mayhem. Get your own for $220. — Andrew Dobrow

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The 6th major release of Apple’s Mac OS X is slated for release as early as late March, says sources. Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, which became available for testing last August, is marked as a major release featuring the added innovated feature of both 64-bit and non-emulated 32-bit drivers.

64-bit capability allows users to use higher then 4GB of memory in their computer, and is said to run even quicker then 32-bit with same memory amounts in both. The faster bit-rate for 10.5 Leopard will allow a faster reaction time for loading applications.

Also added to the OS X is a few application surprises, including Time Machine, a automatic session restoration and backup program, and Spaces, an application allowing easy navigation between programs needed for the same task. Along with the new programs comes a dashboard of over 2,500 widgets, improved Spotlight and iChat support, and a “Core Animation” developers tool for minimal coded animation. — Andrew Dobrow

Report: Apple to release Mac OS X Leopard as early as end of march [MacDailyNews]

This week’s retro rewind delves through various levels of pop-culture through the 80’s. No doubt the De Lorean was best known for its role as the time machine from the Back To The Future movies. Did Michael J. Fox or Christopher Lloyd ever think that the Delorean would become a cultural trademark after the movie was made? Who the hell knows.

Of course, it’s most famous feature is its vertically opening gull-wing doors, which would eventually become even more well known through the luxury car company, Lamborghini. The funny thing about this particular car is that when its doors were closed, it looked like a stripped down station wagon. From the front it just looked awful. Which is why most pictures of the De Lorean display the doors at full mast.

Despite the cars supposed popularity, the company went bankrupt in 1982 and only 9,200 original De Loreans were ever produced. Much lesser known are the 24k gold-plated De Loreans (picture after the jump), which were produced as a limitied edition, only 100 made, to be sold to American Express gold customers. Let’s all take a moment of silence to remember the De Lorean.

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