{"id":301531,"date":"2018-11-07T00:00:33","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T05:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/uncategorized\/take-a-virtual-ride-through-the-boring-companys-first-tunnel.php"},"modified":"2018-11-07T00:00:33","modified_gmt":"2018-11-07T05:00:33","slug":"take-a-virtual-ride-through-the-boring-companys-first-tunnel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/futurism\/take-a-virtual-ride-through-the-boring-companys-first-tunnel.php","title":{"rendered":"Take a Virtual Ride Through the Boring Company\u2019s First Tunnel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p><h2>Can&rsquo;t Hardly Wait<\/h2><p>You don&rsquo;t have to wait until next month to get a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/inside-elon-musk-boring-company-tunnels-2018-11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sneak peak<\/a> inside the Boring Company&rsquo;s first tunnel.<\/p><p>On October 21, <a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/the-byte\/boring-company-tunnel-opening\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elon Musk tweeted<\/a> that construction on his company&rsquo;s two-mile-long test tunnel in Hawthorne, CA, was nearing completion. He claimed the Boring Company would host an opening party for the tunnel on December 10, at which time the public would get a chance to take free rides through it.<\/p><p>This weekend, Musk confirmed <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1058767039102312448\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">via Twitter<\/a> that the December 10 date was still a go &mdash; and shared a remarkable time-lapse video of a tunnel walkthrough.<\/p><h2>Sneak Peak<\/h2><p>Be forewarned that the below clip is pretty hypnotic. We&rsquo;re not doctors, but if you&rsquo;re prone to seizures, you might want to skip watching this one.<\/p><div><!--[if lt IE 9]><![endif]--><br><video width=\"360\" height=\"640\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-assets.futurism.com\/2018\/11\/PGcj8q6bzNk13Qht.mp4?_=1\"><\/source><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-assets.futurism.com\/2018\/11\/PGcj8q6bzNk13Qht.mp4\">https:\/\/wp-assets.futurism.com\/2018\/11\/PGcj8q6bzNk13Qht.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><h2>Tunnel Trance<\/h2><p>In his tweet Musk called the tunnel &ldquo;disturbingly long,&rdquo; but the two miles it covers might eventually seem like a short jaunt. After all, the ultimate plan is a network comprising <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/elon-musk-talks-plan-for-100-layers-of-boring-company-tunnels-in-la-2018-11?r=US&amp;IR=T\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hundreds of layers of tunnels<\/a> dug out below the greater Los Angeles area.<\/p><p>This test tunnel is just the start of that vision, and&nbsp;if watching the walkthrough makes you want to experience the tunnel firsthand, just&nbsp;make sure you&rsquo;re in the Hawthorne area on December 10.<\/p><p><strong>READ MORE<\/strong>:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/inside-elon-musk-boring-company-tunnels-2018-11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elon Musk Shares First-Look Into the Boring Company&rsquo;s &lsquo;Disturbingly Long&rsquo; Tunnel<\/a> [<em>Business Insider<\/em>]<\/p><p><em><strong>More on the Boring Company:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/the-byte\/boring-company-tunnel-opening\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elon Musk: First Boring Company Tunnel Will Open December 10<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-assets.futurism.com\/2018\/11\/boring-company-first-tunnel-video-1200x628.jpg\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/p><p>Visit link:<br><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/boring-company-first-tunnel-video\" title=\"Take a Virtual Ride Through the Boring Company&rsquo;s First Tunnel\">Take a Virtual Ride Through the Boring Company&rsquo;s First Tunnel<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Can\u2019t Hardly Wait You don\u2019t have to wait until next month to get a sneak peak inside the Boring Company\u2019s first tunnel. On October 21, Elon Musk tweeted that construction on his company\u2019s two-mile-long test tunnel in Hawthorne, CA, was nearing completion. He claimed the Boring Company would host an opening party for the tunnel on December 10, at which time the public would get a chance to take free rides through it.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/futurism\/take-a-virtual-ride-through-the-boring-companys-first-tunnel.php\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-301531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-futurism"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301531"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301531\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}