Monday, November 14, 2011

google x : Technologies Can Change World

Technologies don’t just create new efficiency; sometimes they demand it, and reshape work in the process.

An interesting article about Google X is New York Times, a secret lab where Sergey Brin and other Google employees tackle important projects that aren't yet ready for prime time.

Many robots are run free In a top-secret lab in an undisclosed Bay Area location, the future is being imagined. It's the place where your refrigerator could be connected to the Internet, so it could order groceries when they ran low.How Ever.. Your dinner plate could post to a social network what you’re eating. Your robot could go to the office while you stay home in your pajamas. And you could, perhaps, take an elevator to outer space.

The Google X is a place where Google works on the driverless car and New York Times reports that Google is considering manufacturing the cars in the US. Many projects are related to Android at Home, an initiative announced this year that tries to make everyday objects smarter. "We want to think of every appliance in your home as a potential I/O device," said Google's Joe Britt. Google tries to build the "Web of things" by connecting home accessories, wearable objects to the Internet.