endoskeletons

First it was that that Google was to be the only producer of endoskeletons, and that it would house custom chips.

Then, endoskeletons came along, and it turned out that to scale up to be a giant land animal, you needed an endoskeleton.

Never mind that it seems Google will the lone provider of the endoskeletons.

Some of the larger animals with exoskeletons started to go extinct, as the more scalable endoskeletons drove them out of their ecological niches.

Contrast that to other things that are evolved, let's say endoskeletons (bones).

I don't think AI turning into Skynet is the problem, with a robot uprising and creepy titanium endoskeletons shooting laser cannons.

Indeed, if endoskeletons really only evolved once, then we might really have no reason to expect them in any alien species.

Granted, it probably would be smart enough not to start a nuclear war, and it'd probably find a better way than metal endoskeletons with laser guns.

The reality of their size and movement is obviously confounded by the fact they're played by humans wearing costumes, but I'd be surprised if they didn't have endoskeletons.

While one the surface it seems to break down the old consumer facing problems with mobile devices, there is no indication that Google will give up control over the endoskeletons that the modules attach to.

Senior architects and technology directs started insisting that fleas, ticks, and flying gnats have endoskeletons, because they attended a conference that told them that if you want to to wooly mammoth size, you need endoskeleton.

Perhaps just coincidence but I found it interesting to realise that buildings and animals followed a similar structural development trend: both started off with externally structural components (exoskeletons and structural walls) that evolved to become internal structural components (endoskeletons and load-bearing columns with concrete flooring).

Among other things: - Exoskeletons are better than endoskeletons - Many insects can also walk on water - Relatively large falls are easily survived So the physics for insects "walking upside" down is not quite the same as a human doing the same thing.