At Google X, a Top-Secret Lab Dreaming Up the Future

The New York Times (Nov 14 2011)

1. In a top-secret lab in an undisclosed Bay Area location where robots run free, the future is being imagined. Enlarge This Image Ramin Rahimian for The New York Times Google is said to be considering the manufacture of its driverless cars in the United States. Related Bits Blog: What Do You Want in the Future? (November 14, 2011) Enlarge This Image David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News Sergey Brin, one of Google's founders, is said to be deeply involved in Google X. It’s a place where your refrigerator could be connected to the Internet, so it could order groceries when they ran low. 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. These are just a few of the dreams being ... (Read Full Article)

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