“Strawman. I'm trying to point out how this is not part of some grand vision, but just a hardware research project from a lab designed to build out novel concep

“Strawman. I'm trying to point out how this is not part of some grand vision, but just a hardware research project from a lab designed to build out novel concepts for their hardware teams.“ I straw man your straw man! Nobody said anything about a “grand vision”. Merely that this would be used to gather data on those who use it. Experiment, or grand design, google has shown that more often than not, new technology will be used to further serve their customers. Advertisers.