Google solves for X

[Aimless]

Since my co-propagandist Dreadnaught aka. Donaught is shirking his duties ():

http://www.businessinsider.com/google-x-lab-2012-2

http://www.wesolveforx.com/



Opening sometime today I think. I am very curious

[Knux897]

So Google has turned from a search engine, into a company that develops gimmick products?

[Aimless]

So Google has turned from a search engine, into a company that develops gimmick products?

What?

[Knux897]

Grocery ordering refrigerators and plates that update Twitter aren't gimmick projects?

[Ominous Gamer]

Google hasn't been a "search engine" in a long time.

A fridge that keeps a shopping list would be amazing. and the plate that can recognize food has all kinds of positive benefits.

[Aimless]

Grocery ordering refrigerators and plates that update Twitter aren't gimmick projects?

Perhaps, but think instead about the technology underlying those gimmicks.

[agamemnus]

The vast majority of Google's revenue comes from ads...

[Knux897]

Google hasn't been a "search engine" in a long time.

A fridge that keeps a shopping list would be amazing. and the plate that can recognize food has all kinds of positive benefits.

That's true but I never really thought Google would venture outside of the internet. Although if there is I'm obviously not aware of them, but I don't think I've ever seen non-internet related projects from Google.

Perhaps, but think instead about the technology underlying those gimmicks.

True. It seems like those products would be rather inefficient though. If a person were to have a spontaneous grocery list, this refrigerator wouldn't do them much good unless it was programmed to order specific items. And even then it would be cheaper to do so on a computer.

[Flixy]

That's true but I never really thought Google would venture outside of the internet. Although if there is I'm obviously not aware of them, but I don't think I've ever seen non-internet related projects from Google.

It's still about using the internet (or at least doing things that would not be possible without the internet), just with other machines than your computer. Mind you, they also created android.

[Khendraja'aro]

That's true but I never really thought Google would venture outside of the internet. Although if there is I'm obviously not aware of them, but I don't think I've ever seen non-internet related projects from Google.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_driverless_car ?

[Knux897]

It's still about using the internet (or at least doing things that would not be possible without the internet), just with other machines than your computer. Mind you, they also created android.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_driverless_car ?

Ah well, I always seem to be behind everyone here.

[Ominous Gamer]

and their google earth software predates that