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    Google's Secret Lab for the Future

    "In a top-secret lab in an undisclosed… location where robots run free, the future is being imagined." That's not the tease for a new movie but the lead on a news story. That secret location is in the San Francisco Bay Area and nobody is talking about it for attribution.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    "In a top-secret lab in an undisclosed… location where robots run free, the future is being imagined." That's not the tease for a new movie but the lead on a news story. That secret location is in the San Francisco Bay Area and nobody is talking about it for attribution. Technology reporter Nick Bilton is following the Google story for the New York Times.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Karen Radziner

      Managing Producer, To the Point & Which Way LA?

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      Sonya Geis

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      Nick Bilton

      Vanity Fair

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    The full episode

    3 of 3
    Are Wall Street Executives Getting Off Easy for Committing Fraud?
    1. 0:00Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Obama Healthcare Law
    2. 7:47SEC Settlements Raise Questions about Watchdog's Teeth
    3. 44:52Google's Secret Lab for the FutureYou’re reading this
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