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TV OBSESSIONS
Westworld Season Two trailer
If you haven't seen the 'world yet, now's your chance to binge-watch Season One. Then watch this new trailer for Season Two.
• Westworld Season 2 | Official Trailer | HBO (YouTube, 02:40 watch)
FUTURE TRAILER PARK
Move your trailer like a champ
The Trailer Valet RVR is a tiny tank-looking robot the size of an R/C car that will help you park a trailer (like an Airstream) weighing up to 9,000 POUNDS. Crazy.
Plus, you'll look really cool and confident while you do it, like the guy in this video.
• Trailer Valet RVR Official Video (YouTube, 01:07 watch)
MASTER OF ALL
The secret codes Netflix doesn't want you to know
(They don't care if you know.) This long list of URL codes filters Netflix titles by hyper-specific genres like Werewolf Horror Movies or Spy Action & Adventure. Shockingly, there are other movie genres beyond Romantic Comedy.
• All-New Secret Netflix Codes Reveal Hidden Movies And TV Shows (MTL Blog, 04:00 read)
MORE THAN A HOLE
The Boring company gets less boring
Elon Musk recently announced they've decided to shift the focus of The Boring Company. The initial plan: to drastically reduce traffic congestion with a system of tunnels and high-speed electric car skates.
Now, they'll be prioritizing pedestrians and cyclists over cars. After all personalized mass transit needs are met, then they'll integrate cars.
Even less boring: they recently sold out of their flamethrowers. The next fundraising tool will be to sell LEGO-like bricks (made from the leftover tunnel rock) that can be used to create sculptures and buildings.
• New public transit Boring plan (Twitter, 00:30 read + 00:26 watch)
• The Boring Company | Tunnels (YouTube, 01:09 watch)
• Elon Musk has sold all his flamethrowers (The Verge, 02:00 read)
• Life-size Boring LEGO bricks (Twitter, 00:30 read)
NICE C-PILLAR BRO
In the future, cars won't need speakers
Continental, the German auto parts company, recently unveiled a new technology called Ac2ated Sound. It uses sonic vibrations in the surfaces of the interior, a lot like a violin. What it means is that cars in the future may not need speakers. And if you listen closely, you can hear the engineers high-fiving over the name.
• High End Car Hi-Fi without speakers with Ac2ated by Continental (YouTube, 01:02 watch)
4 X 100 YEARS
The only workout inspiration you'll ever need
If a yardstick for personal fitness exists, it's these people. Specifically, Orville Rogers and Julia "Hurricane" Hawkins, who each set new world records in the 60m dash this month. The crazy part? Both of them are over 100 years old.
• Julia Hawkins world record (Twitter, 00:45 watch)
• Orville Rogers world record (Twitter, 00:26 watch)
RED STAPLER DIARIES
Soulless corporations can be hilarious
Corporate on Comedy Central was a surprise hit for me. The first season just wrapped after a 10-episode run, and a second season is already in the works.
• Corporate (YouTube, 02:32 watch)
BOOK RECO
Artemis
If you enjoyed The Martian by Andy Weir (or the movie adaptation starring Matt Damon), his second book Artemis is a great read, too. The story takes place in the late 2080s and is set in Artemis, the first and only city on the moon.
• Artemis (Amazon)
CAN'T WAIT
Take a flight inside the taxi of the future
Bell recently posted a 360º video of what a flight inside their air taxi will look like. Ground taxis never looked so stupid!
• Bell Air Taxi Concept Flight (Vimeo, 02:00 watch)
• Bell Innovation: Air Taxi (Bell)