Nest Rockets Upward to Join Google for $3.2B

10 responses to “Nest Rockets Upward to Join Google for $3.2B”

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   jurvetson

   Jan 13, 2014 at 10:29 pm

   Here is Erik at the Nest launch in October 2011

   

   My reaction at the time: "I like the Applesque grace and dematerialization of the user interface to a simple rotary dial, much like the original iPod that Nest-founder Tony Fadell developed at Apple."

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   scleroplex

   Jan 13, 2014 at 11:40 pm

   spectacular photo 🙂
   >nest – and like any number of Dieter Rams’ designs!

   http://www.flickr.com/photos/8944091@N08/

   http://www.flickr.com/groups/73462273@N00/

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   jgury

   Jan 13, 2014 at 11:59 pm

   @jgury

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   jurvetson

   Jan 14, 2014 at 12:41 am

   spooky hand jive…

   Google in the Nest. Hmmm…. I’m feeling hot… I’m feeling lucky…

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   jurvetson

   Jan 14, 2014 at 4:55 am

   P.S. Google laid it all out in 2005… The cloud at the bottom reads "weather control". Next up (with a splash of machine learning), the hexagon reads "100% Accurate Weather Forecasts"

   

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   In Memoriam: jerryfi_99

   Jan 14, 2014 at 8:56 am

   Wow!!! Cool!! Congrats Erik!!!!

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   DixonTJ

   Jan 14, 2014 at 1:28 pm

   Wine glasses in launch pic are now appropriately filled with champagne I’m sure–congrats!

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   jgury

   Jan 14, 2014 at 3:02 pm

   http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/343397/Demon-Seed-Movie-Clip-...

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   aeroculus

   Jan 14, 2014 at 9:22 pm

   wait a sec…I thought cleantech/nrg efficiency were dead ; )
   (sorry 60 minutes)

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    jgury

    Jan 15, 2014 at 8:21 am

    So I assume we will want to upgrade our meters at some point – or get rid of them. That seems obvious. Of course in this game getting rid of something entirely is an upgrade of sorts. I’m also not sure how proprietary and political the humble electric meter is. I would guess it is a plentiful, patchworked planetary-wide plethora.

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