Building a Google Nest out of Fiber.
Google has unveiled plans to explore rolling Google Fiber out ...
Building a Google Nest out of Fiber.
Google has unveiled plans to explore rolling Google Fiber out to 34 cities across the states. It's a massive and expensive (in time and money) undertaking to run fiber to households, but Google has one of those in abundance. I'll let others get into the logistics and probability of such an effort, and instead go a little crazy with speculation.
I think this is part of their play to own the household. They bought Nest recently. Why not bake in a modem and super-fast wifi (that gets close to the 1Gbps range) and connect all your things, well beyond your computer, TV and mobile devices.
The promise of interactive homes is nothing new. But thus far, save a few enterprising startups, it's been more hype than reality. And the applications haven't been all that exciting. Who wants a text from their dishwasher when the load is done?
Instead, focus on possibilities when the #IoT is a real thing. When every device that runs on electricity in your house is connected to every other device? I'd call it a budding connectome, but I doubt it would give rise to consciousness.
(Well, not in one house. But an entire city? Now there's something to think about...)
Google has unveiled plans to explore rolling Google Fiber out to 34 cities across the states. It's a massive and expensive (in time and money) undertaking to run fiber to households, but Google has one of those in abundance. I'll let others get into the logistics and probability of such an effort, and instead go a little crazy with speculation.
I think this is part of their play to own the household. They bought Nest recently. Why not bake in a modem and super-fast wifi (that gets close to the 1Gbps range) and connect all your things, well beyond your computer, TV and mobile devices.
The promise of interactive homes is nothing new. But thus far, save a few enterprising startups, it's been more hype than reality. And the applications haven't been all that exciting. Who wants a text from their dishwasher when the load is done?
Instead, focus on possibilities when the #IoT is a real thing. When every device that runs on electricity in your house is connected to every other device? I'd call it a budding connectome, but I doubt it would give rise to consciousness.
(Well, not in one house. But an entire city? Now there's something to think about...)
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