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    #28: Normie Toilet

    February 27th, 2019 · 33 minutes

    Savannah brings a smart toilet to Alex's attention, a backwards lady robot confronts the Polar Vortex, and there's a major update in the scoot scoot department.

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    An Alexa in every home, a smart toilet under every butt | The Outline
    2019 KOHLER® Konnect™ Smart Home Bathroom Products - YouTube
    “She Never Looks Back”: Inside Elizabeth Holmes’s Final Months at Theranos | Vanity Fair
    Simone Giertz - YouTube
    IFTTT helps your apps and devices work together
    Cold winter weather: Deadly storm batters Midwest, Chicago, East
    Chicago women who booked rooms for homeless during polar vortex | The Hill
    The Punishing Polar Vortex Is Ideal for Cassie the Robot | WIRED
    Cat anatomy - Wikipedia
    Amazon.com : Xiaomi Mi Electric Scooter, 18.6 Miles Long-range Battery, Up to 15.5 MPH, Easy Fold-n-Carry Design, Ultra-Lightweight Adult Electric Scooter (US Version with Warranty) : Sports & Outdoors
    $30 plug-and-play kit converts a Bird scooter into a "personal scooter" / Boing Boing
    E-scooters can be hacked. Here's what companies are doing about it.
    People are throwing Bird and Lime scooters into rivers and lakes
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