Netflix’s annual Hack Day showed off a number of hilarious projects, most of which would never be useful in the real world. For example, engineers created a function that would allow users to search for shows using Morse code on a telegraph key.
That’s totally not useful as it takes forever compared to typing on a keyboard, but it’s a neat bit of technology nonetheless.
Some other fun projects from Hack Day included an “Audiobook Mode” that reads descriptions of TV shows and movies to you in case you are engrossed in a series but want to give your eyes a rest, a Spookyflix option that makes characters in thumbnails follow your cursor with their eyes, and a Netflix vending machine that would allow subscribers to pay their bill with cash.
One project that we could actually see becoming part of Netflix’s streaming service is an interface that tracks binge-watching and lets you know how much time you’ve spent obsessively watching a show, and how much time remains until you finish a series.
That could be a good way to keep your binge-watching habits in check.
