Google's Next Big Thing

[A company owned by geeks - its obvious what is next: KITT]

I think, after spending quite a while putting all the information I have together and filling in the blanks what Google's next big aim is.

So, from what I can tell the original founding members of Google - Larry Page and Sergey Brin put this list together as things to do with their lives:

1. Create cool geeky technology 
2. Create company to spread technology
3. Get rich, famous, powerful
4. Take over the world
5. Create a car as cool as KITT

I figure the above is any geek's list. It certainly would be my list. So, having completed points 1,2,3,4 already it is time to work on point 5.

So, sub-points for this are –

1. It must talk
2. It must take orders
3. It must drive itself
4. It must come when I talk to my watch
5. It must be bulletproof
6. Turboboost!

So, point 5 has been done so let’s see about the other points:

Point 1 and 2 are done by Android already but Apple has taken it to the next level. I guess Google will take it even further. Naturally you’d need an android device embedded into the car. Guess who owns android technology? Google. The first commercial car radio was made by Motorola Mobility – Google owns them. But watch Motorola Mobility for a talking “box” that can also listen, chat and take orders. (So, I’ll check off points 1 and 2...)

Point 3 has been done by Google – and is on the way to be legal in Nevada (thanks to Google). Check off point 3.

Finally… a smart watch –  check. It needs to be able to talk to the car – check. It needs to be able to pinpoint your position – check. (Actually, not sure if these have GPS but it is not unreasonable to expect that they do or will have soon). It also needs to be able to relay orders again – check.

So, put all this technology together and you have the ability to call your car via your watch and ask it to come to you and it will – all by itself. 

The technology is all done… it is just a matter of putting it together. Take the car and make it bulletproof. Put run-flat tyres on it. (And cool black paint. And a funky red LED on the front.)

Now all the Google guys have to do is perfect Turbo-boost. And get Hoff-worthy hairy chests.

I wonder if Google will go into making helicopters that can fly faster than sound…? Maybe that’s next on their list.

I bought a Kreepy Krauly BullShark...

[... and the documentation came on CD-Rom.]

I think this is totally missing the whole point. Why not just give me paper?

It can't be more environmentally friendly to make a CD, copy the information onto it and then print a pretty design onto the CD.

So my story is that on Sunday, I opened the box, took everything out. I decided to do the installation by the book. And there was no book. Just a CD.

So, I had to go inside, boot up my PC, load the CD, run the software, click through the options.

Then run outside, do some installation.

Run back inside read up some more, run outside, run inside.

Still no luck so I have to take some of the wet pieces of the unit inside, put them quite close to my PC. Run outside.

This is not a major complaint (unlike my last post) but it just shows how someone decided to use technology because it was cool but really it just makes life difficult.