Elon Musk Just Released the First Ever Video of His Boring Tunnel – Futurism

In Brief Last year, Elon Musk announced his intent to dig tunnels as a way to address traffic congestion in cities. Today, we got a brief glimpse into how The Boring Company is progressing. A Boring New Project

Last year, Elon Musk announcedvia Twitter his intention to build a tunnel boring machine and just start digging as a way to avoid traffic. He later shareda clever name for the initiative The Boring Company and though information is still scarce, the project does seem to be coming along nicely.

It now has a websitewitha futuristic concept video, and this week, what appears to be massive, branded proof of the Boring Companys first drilling machine hit the internet.The image should go a long way toward alleviating lingering doubts that The Boring Company is anything more than a billionaires idea of a joke or a cover-up for Musk to work on a Hyperloop in secret.

When Musk spoke on the concept of tunneling at the Hyperloop Pod Competitions first phase in 2016, he called it a really simple and obvious idea. He laterexplained to Bloombergthat he considers it a more practical solutionto traffic congestion than airborne vehicles, which would require more infrastructure and regulatory approval though those obstacles arent stoping companies like Uber and E-Volofrom pursuing the tech.

While it may not be as cool as SpaceXs plans to colonizeMars, Teslas tech to power self-driving cars, or Neuralinks goal ofmerging our brains with machines,you cant deny what a simple hole in the ground could do to manage vehicle congestion in urban areas.

Given Musks track record when it comes to introducing practical innovations built on remarkable tech, it certainly looks like it wont be long before Musks Boring Company starts creating as much buzz as any of his other ventures. Clearly, the first step to that is adding a store to the website so they can start selling some of that cool merch Musk showed off last month.

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