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This is great for the owners of Makani but what does Google honestly know about running an energy company? With all of the side projects that Google has shutte
by GigabyteCoin 13y ago
This is great for the owners of Makani but what does Google honestly know about running an energy company?
With all of the side projects that Google has shuttered lately, I am disappointed more than anything by this acquisition.
- tg3 13y agoSeriously? Google Reader flaming out does not mean that Google is a terrible steward for big projects, especially "moonshot" projects like this. I would be thrilled if Google shut down web services that could easily be done by other companies/startups in favor of pursuing big, meaningful projects that only they can do, like self-driving cars, Google Fiber, Google Glass, etc.
- GigabyteCoin 13y agoSo would I. But if they can't succeed at what they're inherently good at (the web) then why have you any confidence in their success in any other market?
- mikeyouse 13y agoThis is GoogleX though.. What do they know about running a self-driving car company? Or about running an augmented reality eyewear company? This is their moon-shot division, run by Brin to work on crazy ideas. Makani seems right up their alley.
- GigabyteCoin 13y agoRenewable enegery is presumably a semi-established market. Augmented-reality-eyewear and self-driving-cars are not.
- joezydeco 13y agoAfter reading that other article about GoogleX, it kind of makes sense when you piece it all together. Remote power generation running wireless access points on airborne Makani generators and/or balloons. Bringing the net, and therefore Google, to third-world areas that can't get online right now.