According to CNET , Google has begun work on creating “Google Ocean” (though the name will likely change). Expectedly, the data layers will include content such as currents, reefs, shipwrecks and algae blooms, etc.
While this tool will be useful for oceanographers to geologist to treasure hunters, hopefully it will inspire more students to become marine biologists and other scientists.
There will likely be many unintended uses, perhaps when the next oil spill inevitably occurs, Google Ocean will allow responders to interactively predict and witness the spread and extent of the slick.
It could even be a useful tool for any Navy, submarines might require fewer sonar pings for navigation, simultaneously concealing location while harming fewer marine mammals.
Now that any internet user has access to Google Moon, Google Mars, Google Sky, and Google Ocean… are Google Europa and Google Titan next?
Moreover, as smaller objects are eventually mapped, one can only conclude that Google Genome, Google Cell and Google Brain are on the horizon.
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What about just Google body. Where you can move through the entire human body?
Google is an inspiring company. What is amazing to me is that these guys run a successful business, which generates enough cash to subsidize all these smart people working on all these visionary things that would never see the light of day if they had to be financially self-sufficient. Could this be the modern day version of communism?
Wow. that’s a good analogy Roland. Never thought of that but makes perfect sense.