Google buys Boston Dynamics. Whats Google Up too?
jdolecki
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Google anounces that they just aquired Boston Dynamics.
"It is the eighth robotics company that Google has acquired in the last half-year. Executives at the Internet giant are circumspect about what exactly they plan to do with their robot collection. But Boston Dynamics and its animal kingdom-themed machines bring significant cachet to Google’s robotic efforts, which are being led by Andy Rubin, the Google executive who spearheaded the development of Android, the world’s most widely used smartphone software. "
Whats Google up too?
"It is the eighth robotics company that Google has acquired in the last half-year. Executives at the Internet giant are circumspect about what exactly they plan to do with their robot collection. But Boston Dynamics and its animal kingdom-themed machines bring significant cachet to Google’s robotic efforts, which are being led by Andy Rubin, the Google executive who spearheaded the development of Android, the world’s most widely used smartphone software. "
Whats Google up too?
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In the board room the discussion is first and foremost about buying something rather than just throwing away good cash by giving it to governments as an expense rather than getting something in exchange for the money.
Themed purchases really can be nothing more that the fact that the majority of the board will vote yes on anything that a certain golden boy likes or anything that seems to be building a cache of power in one industry. But history has shown that an awful lot of these purchases don't mature to contribute much to the bottom line.
So it is difficult to determine how visionary Google's actually are. When you have huge amounts of cash to place in this manner, and it is nearing the end of a tax year.. a purchase might just be a punt.
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Ma'am, Here's your Google Fiber.....
..you haven't ordered it?
I'll be back.
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P.S. I'm hoping either Google or Apple buys us - they are the only ones with enough cash and one thing we could be doing is positioning ourselves for a sale. (You'll have to do some research to figure out who "us" is - or have a good memory. I don't want to start any roomers)
What do you do when you are as big as Google and have to end each year with buying more companies? At some point, the process becomes so routine. It gets harder and harder to find really good companies.
Sound: Knock, knock.
Woman at door: Yes?
Robot: I have your books. Are you Sarah Conner?
Seriously, Google sees all the money Amazon is making fulfilling factory orders for other companies, and has said as much that they're interested in that market space.
Frankly, I think we have enough people replaced by machines. Let's robots take over more service jobs is not really a great idea. I can accept that having robots do welding and automotive painting eliminates a lot of unhealthy jobs, but this is really silly.
I think the banks should also go back to hiring tellers and have less ATMs. I doubt it will ever happen, but I don't even have an ATM card and I actually go to the bank to get my weekly cash needs. When I used ATM machines, I spent more impulsively and my check book was mess as I didn't always carry the check book, but did have the ATM card.
What is the purpose of dominating the market place if nobody has a disposible income to shop there?
So as an intelligent being that spans the planet, can read almost everything interesting and watch a lot more besides what you would probably want is legs and arms and such so that you can do stuff for yourself.
Hence, buy robot companies.
I meant to say warehouse orders. Amazon is increasingly becoming a fulfillment retailer. Books are practically a sideline business.
So, the precursor of SKYNET?
Mind expanding on that?
I do not see them in that sense.
Amazon is THE fulfillment retailer.
Every dollar they have made..and this means BILLIONS..are a dollar that the B&M retailers have let them have.
There was nothing to prevent any B&M retailer from implementing what Amazon has.
I view Amazon's success in the same terms of how Intel and Microsoft succeeded because IBM would not change.
If you consider how much more difficult creating new technology is, the accomplishments of the likes of Intel/Microsoft are much more impressive than those of Amazon who is just making the retail effort more efficient...which is long overdue.
I consider a upcoming challenge to the world is what the people in the retail service sector will be doing for employment once the retail sector sees its downsizing..not everyone can be a CEO.
They may already have ;<)
http://www.livescience.com/27920-quantum-action-faster-than-light.html
Does that mean in the future, we will have read a book before it is delivered by Amazon via Skynet?
Does mankind?
Robotics is just technology..whether it is does good or bad is up to the user.
In regards to slogans. When a company has to sell people with slogans like "we don't do evil" or "we're ethical and you can trust us" chances are the company is neither good nor trustworthy. And the boys at the Chocolate Factory are certainly not people you want to trust given their track record.
Cough MA Bell any one
But watch out, you cut the head off (1980's divestiture) and it grows back bigger and stronger (today's AT&T, comprised of 4 of the original Baby Bells plus Cingular wireless)
and Iam aware how much Bell labs did for us as far as tech !
I have NO trust in google ! .. ANY company whoms dumb enough to collect WIFI data like in the scandle . is back listed as far as I am concerned..... Same with SONY and there CD rom Root Kit issue ......
Dont any of the software geeks have any ethics at google ! ? I
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http://www.dailyfinance.com/2013/12/16/amazon-workers-germany-strike-wages-contract/
the public can See guns and take cover ...... The public knows they are near a army base that may have nerve gas.
Iam talking about sofwtare .
no one expects to have there WIFI name and its metadata collectrd and then put on a map .
Its just not right ...........
Or Heck with sony ....... no one Consent to have a root kit installed ....
Its all about Consent ! . no resonable person would consent to a mass drive by snooping
The BD robots were developed (at least partially) with DARPA and DoD money, and there's no changing that. Google would have bought the contracts and encumbrances, too. My feeling is that Google will continue with the DoD work, because the technology was paid for by taxpayer money. But then off-shift the technology to non-defense applications - like memory foam developed for the gobment, then sold commercially for making beds.
DARPA money just accelerates technology development.
For most part, it would happen any way.
Some projects like GPS would be very tough without it considering the cost of satellites.
Not to make any excuses for Google...but ANY company spies on its employees and its customers.
The big issue is where does the Country stand on data mining.
The leaks from Snowden has brought the issue to the spotlight....both government and private companies.
An example...had a chat with a major credit card company recently...during that conversation it came to light that they had extensive info on my extended family members...and they likely have it on yours also.
Bill Gates another Steve Jobs of course and his twin etc...
lots of puppets yonder..
99% of leaders clebs and so on to make a braod spectrum
anti biotic formulation anti biotic means from the latin against all life!
And too if that residual one percent is behaving BADLY then they are MIA for good!