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Google X Display Boss: Smartphones, Tablets, Apps Are "Mind-Numbing"

Posted by samzenpus on from the magic's-gone dept.

curtwoodward writes "Stop drooling over that new iPhone. Put away the fancy tablet. Because the real hardcore nerds find that stuff 'boring' and 'mind-numbing,' says Mary Lou Jepsen, head of the display division at secretive R&D lab Google X. At MIT's EmTech conference, Jepsen said the next generation of 'moonshot' tech is much more exciting and interesting. That includes Google X projects like the driverless car, Project Loon, a stratospheric balloon-based wireless network, and Google Glass."

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  1. Re:"bored out of her mind"?? by OhANameWhatName · · Score: 5, Funny

    A laptop is a TOOL. A cellphone is a TOOL.

    Pop quiz, Mary Lou Jepsen is .........