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Google's Barge Is a Marketing Showroom

Posted by timothy on from the william-gibson-arms-apartments dept.

Dave Knott writes "The mysterious barge docked in San Francisco Bay that has been fueling intense speculation the past week will serve as a luxury showroom for Google products and a floating, modular venue for the company's private events. The large structure built out of shipping containers that sits on top of the barge will be used to market Google Glass, the much-hyped augmented reality headgear Google unveiled this year, and other products and to host invitation-only events and parties for clients. The structure is constructed of interchangeable 12-metre high shipping containers that can be assembled and disassembled and transported by road, rail or ship anywhere in the world."

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  1. Do they need to go metric on this ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Standard size of shipping containers are 20ft and 40ft, yes, imperial feet, not meters.

    Is there a need to stick to metric system no matter what ?