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Google's Next Big Project Is Robots, From The Man That Brought ou Android

Posted December 04, 2013 7:12 AM

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Not one to let Amazon get all the robots-are-our-future attention, Google's revealed that its already got plenty of projects underway, and they're headed up by Andy Rubin. Yep, the man who made the company's Android operating system arguably the biggest smartphone OS in the world.

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12/04/2013 7:55 AM

Someone Brought OU Android? Who? I thought we agreed we would keep Oglethorpe University in the dark about Android!

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12/04/2013 2:42 PM

Just what we need. "windshield wiper that knows when it's raining and otherwise needs no human intervention to do its job".

Yes that costs $300.00 USD a pair and $1,000.00 if the electronics takes a dump.

That's because it's up under the IP and it takes 4 hours to R&R it.

This is insane!

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