It's 2017 and Silicon Valley has just invented roommates, buses, tents and vending machines.

[DetlefK]

http://www.collegehumor.com/post/7054298/dear-silicon-valley-stop-inventing-things-that-already-exist

The good people at Belairdirect Magazine have a wild new concept for milennials interested in "disrupting" living situations - co-living! It's like normal living, but with another person! How is it different from "roommates", you ask? Well, uh...it....shut up.

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Lyft Shuttle!

Does this sound like anything to you? Fixed fares? Efficient routes convenient for large sections of a local population? Expected, regular stops? THIS IS A BUS. YOU HAVE LITERALLY REVERSE-ENGINEERED A BUS.

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Meet "The Pause Pod" - a portable "pop-up space" designed to allow for a relaxing atmosphere, no matter where you are. But what exactly IS a "pause pod", you ask? Well...the IndieGogo page for the product is a little cagey. It's a space to meditate! It's peace of mind! It's...IT'S A GODDAMN FUCKING TENT!

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The fine folks as Fast Company profiled the extremely-less-fine folks behind the tech startup "Bodega," whose intent was to replicate bodegas with what amounts to Redbox for ramen and toilet paper. It was founded by two ex-Google employees, Paul McDonald and Ashwath Rajan, who felt the specific need to do a lot more evil in the world than they could manage at Google.

Bodega sets up five-foot-wide pantry boxes filled with non-perishable items you might pick up at a convenience store. An app will allow you to unlock the box and cameras powered with computer vision will register what you've picked up, automatically charging your credit card. The entire process happens without a person actually manning the "store."

But mostly...it's a vending machine.

[Iggo]

1. This is my favorite thing today.

Thank you!