Kevin
12-21-2012, 11:18 PM
Just a thought about the company...
They have already demonstrated AR glasses that can be used to analyze the world around you and grant you a real-life HUD. (eyes).
They have recently released a vocal universal translator. It has been demonstrated to (in real time) translate a human speaking English to text, translate that text to Mandarin, and then voice out the chinese text in THE ORIGINAL SPEAKER'S VOICE AND DIALECT. (Voice and ears).
They have cars that drive themselves with over 150,000 logged miles and no recorded accidents (except one was once rear-ended by a real driver, and it was the fault of the real driver). (Car)
They have the most advanced mapping system of the world, including underwater, using their own remotely-piloted submarines. (travel and submarine and satellites)
They recently released a commercially available human-brain based AI called Neural Networks that has not only the most advanced facial recognition in the world (by almost double the next-best accuracy, actually a 70% improvement), it also recognizes separate body parts and separate unique animals! This AI also is used for the new SIRI competition that is currently roughly equivalent and is looking to become much better in the near future and can distinguish individual voices, AND is driving the universal translator aforementioned. (individual personal recognition)
They have created the fastest internet service in the world, not to mention their own phones. (communications)
They have their own set of Green-energy power plants using some of the most advanced solar power cells (and wind energy and water energy and the list goes on and on). (power supply)
They have remotely pilotable robotic avatar for a variety of situations such as remote conferences and even simple every day tasks for some people to work from home... As well as a variety of other purposed robots around their buildings to do all sorts of things, such as even drink delivery. (humanoid robots)
Take that list and the ridiculous amount of other accomplishments and combine them together:
All they're missing is the ability for the car to become a plane (cars that become boats and/or submarines already exist) and more efficient self-sustainable energy in smaller formats and...
TLDR; We could easily see an actual Optimus Prime within 10 years. And it wouldn't even be unreasonable for any of us to buy him instead of a normal car knowing Google's typical price tag on everything they put out commercially. Yeah, you didn't see me reaching that logic with this, did you.
They have already demonstrated AR glasses that can be used to analyze the world around you and grant you a real-life HUD. (eyes).
They have recently released a vocal universal translator. It has been demonstrated to (in real time) translate a human speaking English to text, translate that text to Mandarin, and then voice out the chinese text in THE ORIGINAL SPEAKER'S VOICE AND DIALECT. (Voice and ears).
They have cars that drive themselves with over 150,000 logged miles and no recorded accidents (except one was once rear-ended by a real driver, and it was the fault of the real driver). (Car)
They have the most advanced mapping system of the world, including underwater, using their own remotely-piloted submarines. (travel and submarine and satellites)
They recently released a commercially available human-brain based AI called Neural Networks that has not only the most advanced facial recognition in the world (by almost double the next-best accuracy, actually a 70% improvement), it also recognizes separate body parts and separate unique animals! This AI also is used for the new SIRI competition that is currently roughly equivalent and is looking to become much better in the near future and can distinguish individual voices, AND is driving the universal translator aforementioned. (individual personal recognition)
They have created the fastest internet service in the world, not to mention their own phones. (communications)
They have their own set of Green-energy power plants using some of the most advanced solar power cells (and wind energy and water energy and the list goes on and on). (power supply)
They have remotely pilotable robotic avatar for a variety of situations such as remote conferences and even simple every day tasks for some people to work from home... As well as a variety of other purposed robots around their buildings to do all sorts of things, such as even drink delivery. (humanoid robots)
Take that list and the ridiculous amount of other accomplishments and combine them together:
All they're missing is the ability for the car to become a plane (cars that become boats and/or submarines already exist) and more efficient self-sustainable energy in smaller formats and...
TLDR; We could easily see an actual Optimus Prime within 10 years. And it wouldn't even be unreasonable for any of us to buy him instead of a normal car knowing Google's typical price tag on everything they put out commercially. Yeah, you didn't see me reaching that logic with this, did you.