What‘s the Top Secret ’Lab‘ Google Won’t Talk About?
- Posted on November 14, 2011 at 3:03pm by
Liz Klimas
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Google’s innovative powers are now being revealed for the first time as going well beyond that of just driverless cars. Have you heard of Google X? It’s ok, many people haven‘t and Google won’t talk about it anyway, but the New York Times has some insider information on the lab where “the future is being imagined.”
Google's no-hands necessary car may be the first of many innovations we could see come out of the Google X lab.
The Times reports that in an unknown location somewhere in the Bay Area in a lab “run as mysteriously as the C.I.A.,” ideas that most would classify as hair brained, impossible, too far fetched and seemingly even useless are being developed and tested:
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 chased at Google X, the clandestine lab where Google is tackling a list of 100 shoot-for-the-stars ideas. In interviews, a dozen people discussed the list; some work at the lab or elsewhere at Google, and some have been briefed on the project. But none would speak for attribution because Google is so secretive about the effort that many employees do not even know the lab exists.
Although most of the ideas on the list are in the conceptual stage, nowhere near reality, two people briefed on the project said one product would be released by the end of the year, although they would not say what it was.
“They’re pretty far out in front right now,” said Rodney Brooks, a professor emeritus at M.I.T.’s computer science and artificial intelligence lab and founder of Heartland Robotics. “But Google’s not an ordinary company, so almost nothing applies.”
The Times goes on to state that Google co-founder Sergey Brin is most likely deeply involved with the lab, according to several sources and confirmed by Brin, though not explicitly:
“Where I spend my time is farther afield projects, which we hope will graduate to important key businesses in the future,” Mr. Brin said recently, though he did not mention Google X.
The Times speculates that robots are very likely a key area of innovation in the lab, as well as a “web of things” that could be connected to the Internet:
Among the items that could be connected: a garden planter (so it could be watered from afar); a coffee pot (so it could be set to brew remotely); or a light bulb (so it could be turned off remotely). Google said in May that by the end of this year another team planned to introduce a Web-connected light bulb that could communicate wirelessly with Android devices.
Google co-founder Sergey Brin is thought to be involved with Google X. (Photo: AP/Paul Sakuma)
The lab has an all-star cast of top scientific minds, according to the Times, including: robotocist and artificial intelligence expert Sebastian Thrun (he teaches at Stanford and also invented the first driverless car); Stanford professor Andrew Ng whose main focus is neuroscience to artificial intelligence; and Johnny Chung Lee, who created Microsoft’s Kinect.
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last frontier
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 4:45pmHow about a bar code on your hand or forehead, or a red light that flashes on your hand when you turn 65, or some protein crackers made from senior citizens. like the movie Soylent Green, Google has been doing some programs in China as well.
Report Post »hidden_lion
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 4:52pm“Your dinner plate could post to a social network what you’re eating”
Report Post »Why would we want this? Oh yeah so the government can monitor our food intake since it will control our health., need to find and destroy this lab.
912er
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 5:20pmTime to stock up on paper plates….
Report Post »J Z S
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 5:34pmImagine that. Conservatives fear mongering technology that could help the middle to lower class. Guess if the new program was geared towards making the rich richer you guys would be all for it.
VRW Conspirator
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 6:14pmsounds like Logan’s Run or Blade Runner or the Shadowrun books… some would say the Book of Revelation talks about people being branded with the number of the beast…
Report Post »remember the story of the guy that put the chip under his skin of his hand so he could use those quick pay machines without taking out the debit or credit card….scary crap
UNDECIDEDinCLEVELAND
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 6:37pm@JZS
Your attempt at being incendiary only comes off as ignorant. Everything that is being developed along the lines discussed in this article will help the rich get richer. Your attempt to drag politics into the discussion epitomizes the attempt at political polarization. This is a human issue, not conservative or liberal, yet you see plates that count calories or cars that you cannot control as a perfect opportunity to highlight your hatred. Where is the love?
Soon enough it will be impossible to buy a tv or refrigerator that is not connected to the internet. Just because a fridge can tell if it is empty doesnt mean a poor person wont still be starving.
Quite playing the divisive Rothschild game of blue vs red, conservative vs liberal, gay vs straight, etc…..
That is what they want. Wake up you are playing into their hand
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 6:38pmGoogle will be marketing the 999 plan soon….Dont worry what is says when you stand on your head…
Report Post »UNDECIDEDinCLEVELAND
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 6:40pmAnd another thing JZS…
Do you think all conservatives are wealthy and all liberals are poor?
Report Post »Cat
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 8:58pmRFID
Report Post »What’s in your wallet?
COFemale
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 12:59pmJZS did you even graduate high school? Are you really this dumb?
I guess nothing out of the ordinary concerns you? Now, I am not saying this lab is doing anything nefarious yet, but some of the statements made has some concern with me. Why would I want a device in my home to report to others on what I need or don’t need. Sorry, I can make my own decisions and don’t need some device to tell me when to go tinkle, fill my refrigerator, or other things. Frankly, this is communism and if you can’t recognize this, then you need to get yourself educated, because frankly I question your intelligence.
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on November 16, 2011 at 11:56amI’ve worked for some silicon valley companies and cloak and dagger is not uncommon among them, just as SOP. But google isn‘t really a traditional ’asset’ based company. Although, I foresee a time when they will lay claim to “all content” and to the right to ‘edit it’ as they see fit (government propaganda arm).
Report Post »betennant
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 4:21pmOh was that the 60′s movie? “Soylent Green” I saw a movie in the late 60′s where everyone over a certain age could not be free and happy. Some chose a really peaceful way to die. And people lined up to get the crackers that they were given, and they were made of the bodies of people that died! It was so freaky back then, that I was traumatized as a teenager!
Report Post »GERATMO
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 4:44pmThe elevator to outer space sounds cool. We can let the liberals start their socialist utopia on the moon.
Report Post »bernbart
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 5:10pmlol, I love. big conspiracy. it Most high tech companies in Silcion Valley keep their work confidential, so it won’t be stolen by competitors, even Activisions which makes stupid war games for stupid young men has secrets. You cannot enter any high tech company beyond the front desk of the main lobby without badge, and most building are off limits, unless you have been through security checks to work in those buildings. Anyone vendor who does work with wit high tech companies must sign confidentiality contract.
Report Post »bernbart
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 5:11pmOf course most of those highly intelligent people who work at Google are liberals.
Report Post »DeVain
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 4:36pmGeez…pretty soon the government will have hand in everything….
Report Post »anAmericanVet
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 4:47pmyeah . . and who knows where their hands have been.
Report Post »West Coast Patriot
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 5:41pm“Pretty soon the gov will have their hand in everything” Unless we elect a man that is for the smallest Fed Gov possible, Ron Paul.
Report Post »This_Individual
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 5:48pmWEST- It’s either Ron or just another statist. Batten down the hatches just in case!
Report Post »BlackCrow
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 4:34pmA private company doing high tech R&D, what’s the problem? Let them make the investment. Does everything have to come out of NASA, DARPA, or MIT to be worthwhile?
Report Post »Cat
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 10:43pmThere use to be tons of firms like that in this country until the feds decided to lock up R&D
A firm called Pratt & Whitney use to have a large R&D and manufacturing plant on the east coast of Florida
They went gangbusters for years, until the feds put an end to R&D corporate write offs
P&W developed jet and rocket propulsion including a bid for the space shuttle rocket propulsion units.
They lost that bid but continue to produce jet engines.
The main plant was miles from civilization when it was constructed in 1956
Getting into the yard was and still is impossible unless you are cleared by security
A secret clearance was required for most of the plant and testing areas were highly guarded by humans with weapons and nasty swamp animals.
In contrast, a small firm nestled within the city boundaries developed and manufactures laser range finders.
The only way into the plant, if you’re not an employee, is to be invited by the owner and developer of the range finders.
If he doesn’t know you, you’re promptly escorted off the property by humans with weapons and very nasty dogs.
My son works for a computer program development firm and there is no way to get into the building unless you have a secret clearance.
Hell, even Clorox, Kleenex, newspapers, news organizations and ice cream manufacturers have high-level security.
Report Post »LadyLibertykicksASS
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 4:31pmOH Lord….I don’t think I want to go where they are taking us. I want to have neighbors who sit on the porch and visit over a cup of coffee. I don’t want a robot doing anything!!. I want my grandchildren to catch fireflies in Mayonaise jars, and play hide and go seek, until it’s too dark to be found. This new world is going to be very unsettling and NOT good for human beings!. We Need to STOP and think about where we are going and if it’s REALLY what we want. This is Pandora’s box, once opened we will not be able to close it.
Report Post »RustyElbows
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 7:05pmYou’re probably more correct than you realize !
Report Post »clarity2199
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 7:31pmI think it’s already too late. Kids have been eaten up by cell phones and video games. I was nearly impossible to get my kids to want to play and go outside. I remember growing up and being outside all the time. It’s a new age….;p
Report Post »sodacrackers2
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 10:14pmO is the last nail in the coffin of our once wonderful country. God protect our children and grandchildren.
Report Post »DAYWATCHER
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 11:02pmYes mama, I wish that were the world my children and grandchildren could grow up in as well. However, time marches on and change is the only constant in this world. That and keep your faith in God.
Report Post »whatthehellbook
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 4:22pmRon Paul is the only one who speaks the truth and is consistent. We need real change. An upset in Iowa is coming…
http://www.whatthehellbook.com/the-book/
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 4:32pmCan you explain what that has to do with Google labs? I guess I missed it somehow.
Did Google labs create Ron Paul? That would explain some things. They didn’t get all the bugs out though.
Report Post »Turkey Lurker
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 5:01pmPaulbot
Someone suffering from an obnoxious personality disorder which causes them to endlessly scan online discussions for mentions of Ron Paul and then descend on those discussions with hostile invective and over the top praise for Dr…. Paul, accompanied with various rude behavior including shouting down disagreement and accusing anyone who disagrees with them of being a fascist. Often characterized by not actually understanding the principles of libertarianism, the political positions of Ron Paul, or how to make any kind of effective argument for their positions. Despite being real people they have been called ‘bots’ because their comments often have the non sequitur like quality of computer generated spam.
Report Post »jado1981
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 5:33pmMoronic Paul supporter,
Report Post »Is this the forum and perhaps article that I need to start using to ask my questions on why my 2-cycle leaf blower is not running right? I checked the spark plug and it’s clean, I can see down in the cylinder and it looks like it has had normal wear. My fuel mixture is 32:1, which is what is recommended, but I just don’t understand why it runs fine when cold, but then revs up and almost dies over and over when it finally warms up. Any clues?
Oh, so you are telling me that this has nothing to do with the article? Hmmm, are you sure? I really thought this was the place to ask my question, or let you know how I thought.
Next time, don’t be an idiot.
Lostnowfound
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 7:58pmto:Jado Just some thoughts….do not use gas with ethanol in it. It is very hydroscopic and is not good on the engine parts especially left all winter. Another good idea from our gov… increase our taxes to prop up something that is not good for us. Second …. for the hot running problem, try tightening the bolts holding the cylinder down, they expand causing a gap for air to be sucked into the cylinder. Hope this helps
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 8:47pmJADO1981
Report Post »Since you asked, check the fuel filter in the tank and the tank itself for dirt. If both are clean then disassemble the carburetor. I use Magnifying reading glasses to look and remove the fine dirt that clogs the ports when hot or giving it gas. Of course reassemble the device…….
GilbertAcct
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 11:41amI‘m a Paul supporter and I’m thoroughly confused as to why someone would make this comment on this article.
The responses preceding mine are well deserved, and quite entertaining!
Report Post »TSUNAMI-22
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 4:10pmGot to love those “phaso-heads”. Always thinking of something……
Report Post »LeadNotFollow
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 4:05pmIn my opinion, GOOGLE is in bed with Obama. Have you noticed how GOOGLE’s website info drastically starting changing to very liberal in 2007, when Obama was running for president? It’s getting harder and harder to find any negative information (or photos) about Obama and his socialist, liberal buddies. A lot of info that I had found on GOOGLE, no longer exists. Also, GOOGLE’s homepage doodle does not acknowledge some special dates in American history, our heroes, conservatives, or religious holidays, but always acknowledges the liberal, socialist, foreign events and their people. Don’t take my word for it. On Thanksgiving day and Christmas day, go to GOOGLE’s homepage and see what kind of crap they doodle those day. It will not have anything to do with the true meaning of Thanksgiving or Christmas, if they acknowledge those two holidays at all.
Report Post »bernbart
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 5:13pmReligous holidays are NOT a part of our national history.
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 6:35pmbernbart is moncinom
and if he isnt, he is just as ignorant of US history
Report Post »TheGreyPiper
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 12:55am“Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor; and
“Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me ‘to recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness:’
“Now, therefore, I do recommend and assign Thursday, the 26th day of November next, to be devoted by the people of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being who is the beneficent author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be; that we may then all unite in rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for His kind care and protection of the people of this country previous to their becoming a nation; for the signal and manifold mercies and the favorable interpositions of His providence in the course and conclusion of the late war; …..”
G. Washington
Report Post »Proclamation: A National Thanksgiving, 3 Oct. 1789
freejan1776
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 2:46amBernbart, why did people leave England to come to America before the American Revolutionary War? Religious freedom. Religion is very much a part of our history.
Report Post »freejan1776
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 2:50amBernbart, why did people leave England to come to America before the American Revolutionary War? Religious freedom. Religion is very much a part of our history.
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 4:03pm“Honey… why are there 20 gallons of ice cream in the freezer?!”
“Refrigerator got hacked again!”
Actually I think GOOGLE X would make a fun subject for a sitcom.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 4:03pmJust like the Freedom hating Liberals… to want a Car… that Humans do not actually Drive. Next, Chips for the Brain… to create more Zombies! Then, once the Machines are smart enough… they can get rid of the Imperfect BioLifeForms… and we will have Socialist Utopia! WOW, great thinking… you Nerds!
Report Post »Chrono_Sleuth
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 4:44pmI just reread Jurassic Park. One interesting point of view espoused by Crichton, through the character Ian Malcolm, and reiterated in the movie is that science is groundbreaking and violent, but no one ever asks if the direction taken is appropriate, proper, what damages will be incurred, how it will negatively impact a population. Simply because it is a new idea and that someone else might think of it and act on it first, our newest breed of scientists especially (or thinkers in this case), will simply act upon it, invent, create, search and destroy to be the first.
A car that drives you…what a way to teach responsibility, to remove the enjoyment of driving, and to make driving even more of a right and less of a privilege.
A robot to go to work for you? Reducing the physical capabilities of everyone, making us inherently weaker and less capable of self-sufficient behaviours. What next, chairs to control said robots that move around for us? We’ve done enough damage to health by Hoverround and other motorized wheel/chairs with baskets and control bars.
Dinner plate to a social network…just another tidbit of pointless information that people will love to read that cuts into personal productivity, let alone the people who view said pointless twitter feeds while at work.
Others have already tackled the Fridge. Hell, I’m 30, computer literate, programming literate, and I still prefer pen and paper notes.
Report Post »AxelPhantom
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 8:09pmChrono,
Report Post »I prefer real books rather than the electronic kind, my kids do as well. We lose real books and we are in a lot of trouble.
abbygirl1994
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 3:42pmCrap, didn’t Bachmann say the ACLU was running the CIA.. if they run it any better than Obama has the country we are in trouble! God help us!
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 3:46pmshe did… and the CIA runs the world … kinda pathetic.
Report Post »bernbart
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 5:14pmGod cannot help you as he cannot vote.
Report Post »FOUR MORE YEARS
bikerr
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 8:16pm@bernbart—-He said God help US, not what you dribbled about.
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 3:38pmWell, I don‘t want my refrigerator hooked to my computer and I don’t need to post what I’m eating on Facebook or Myspace.
….And I damn sure don’t want my light bulbs communicating with Android devices. Are they working on anything useful?
Report Post »Gary Fishaholic
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 3:55pmI am with you on that one. It sure doesn’t look like it!
Report Post »symphonic
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 4:05pmIt IS the most useless nonsense, with the exception of the driverless car. That would innovate HUGE for increasing safety and capacity on roadways, result in getting many more cars THRU than we now have because of driver error and selfishness.
Report Post »gmoneytx
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 3:36pmI wonder if they are coming up with an app that will impeach Obama remotely?
Report Post »hidden_lion
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 4:56pmits called 7.62
Report Post »YoungBloodNews
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 3:29pm‘Do No Evil’, right google???
Report Post »Vechorik
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 3:37pmModern-day Edison. Where does all that money come from? Bet they got BIG bucks from Obama, but we’ll never know, unless we get the Fed audited.
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 3:47pmGoogle is insane.
Report Post »sonnyboy1
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 3:25pmIf Google is into something, you can bet it’s not for the welfare of the average American
Report Post »Restore the Republic
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 3:31pmAnother Brain Dead Marxist… Go back to your OWS parasite fest. the true 99% don’t care what you 0.0000023% have to say.
Report Post »sillyfreshness
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 3:24pmAll Google needs to do is get the top public universities to work with them like MIT, U of C Berkley, etc. The combined brainpower and financial resources of Google could make anything happen. I‘m sure you’ll see advancements in solar power, hydrogen engines, and whatever else. I’m glad I own Google stock.
Report Post »paulusmaximus
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 3:21pmGoogle it! That is the future, what ever you want (if you can afford it!) just Google it.
Report Post »For myself I am starting a secret society called the keepers of the light switch that will turn the lights on when there is a computer failure, for a price of coarse!
hauschild
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 3:21pmIsn‘t it ironic how the private enterprise is acting more and more like the government with regards to research and development into products consumers don’t really want??? I guess knowing they’ll get “bailed out” kinda changes the ball game.
So, companies that screw the pooch and get government handouts will thrive, but firms that create dazzling products and make big profits get taxed out the ying-yang. Sounds like a business model that won’t last.
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 3:28pmWell said. This is all so advanced it makes you wonder what else the government has up its sleeve. Talk about eliminating jobs for humans. This is bazaar. What are their plans for our future? Where does this lead? Scary.
Report Post »Pontiac
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 3:18pmI’m still waiting for the Google Voice desktop app…
Report Post »Why should I have to have my browser and G-Mail open all the time just to receive phone calls?
Google has lost all focus…
Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 3:18pmIn otherwords this labratory is a high tech data and research center for internet matters; and the prime target for many a hacker of foreign governments looking for a edge in the soon to rage areas of cyber warfare on epic scales.
Report Post »The10thAmendment
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 3:32pmIt’s called Technocracy, and it’s exactly the high tech version of Marxism.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 4:19pm@the10th — and I can think of a simple solution to this lab — its called EMP.
Report Post »wilber93
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 3:17pmIt would be exciting to have that type of cash and that type of intellectual power put to positive use. As long as it‘s Google own money and not Gov cash I’m all for it.
Report Post »ArmyWifeNiz
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 3:15pmIt is the Umbrella Corporation.
Report Post »ConstitutionalGear
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 3:23pmLOL We probably have no idea how true that statement is.
Report Post »SomeRandomPerson
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 4:43pmSounds a bit more like Eureka to me.
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 3:15pmOh you know the typical things: Automatic highways/ cars that drives themselves; robotic chauffeurs; space elevator; transporters; and Star-trek-like phasers. Come-on, I thought of these things 15 years ago, and even the idea of car companies remaking the old body style.
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 3:23pmI don’t think the glass highway thing is going to work though because of earthquakes and costly repair, and because heated highways would be an issue also. Underground cross country railways will be an earthquake liability.
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 3:25pmAnother grand idea is deep well hole that tap the earth’s heat to convert it into electricity. I always like that one.
Report Post »DockyWocky
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 3:14pmJust as long as the first couple of hundred thousand cars with Google robot drivers are used solely by Google employees, I have no objection to Google X, or even Google XI.
Report Post »Treaty
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 3:13pmPerhaps Google could develop a cure for Anosognosia that Liberals suffer from?
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 3:17pm“It’s run as mysteriously as the CIA”
That’s because Google is RUN by the CIA.
DURRRrrrrrRRRrrrrrrr
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