The trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens may be just 88 seconds long, but it still manages to pack a punch. (Some of us have even spent way too long dissecting the entire thing.) Personally, among my favorite parts of Star Wars—and there are many—is the amazing technology that populates this "ancient" galaxy. But it turns out some of it isn't quite as far off as you might think.

Roll-y droid

The spherical soccer-ball-looking droid from the trailer has already become an Internet favorite, but you don't have to venture to Tatooine to find something similar. The $100 Sphero is a robot ball that you can control from your smartphone or tablet. It can navigate obstacle courses and change colors, and it's even programmable. And while it might not be able help you with your next jump to hyperspace, it's not likely to cause quite as much trouble as your average R2 unit.

Landspeeder

Ever since the original Star Wars movies debuted, the hot-rodding enthusiasts among us have salivated over the prospects of zipping over the ground in our own repulsorlift-powered vehicle. While true landspeeders and speeder bikes might still be a ways off, there is (a new) hope. The previously mentioned Drone 3 hoverbike isn't big enough yet to fly a real person around, but its maker, Malloy Aeronautics, has been hard at work trying to develop the world's first flying motorcycle. And they're not the only company working on it either; aerospace firm Aerofex has even been testing its own hoverbikes in the Mojave desert. With this many interested parties, we're holding out hope that it won't be too long before we're ready for some souped-up drag-racing.