The Googlunaplex is a working environment that
will be unique both because of its location and its design. Based
on a working model constructed by Google co-founder Larry Page
from Lego® Mindstorms™, the facility features compact living
quarters and a state of the art server farm that are co-mingled
to maintain a delicate bio-technical balance. In traditional
Google style, space will be used with extreme efficiency, with
Googlunars sharing quarters with machines that generate search
results as well as enough heat to warm the entire Googlunaplex
and several hot tubs.
Naturally, Google's earth-based culture will be
replicated as closely as possible. An extreme sushi chef will
harvest kelp and aquatic life from giant lava lamp oxygenators
and the living space will be filled with colorful rubber balls
(because of space constraints, they will be sub-atomic in size).
There will be a steady supply of snacks and ample caffeine replenishment
through a partnership with Starbucks, which will be opening a
store less than a kilometer away in early 2006. Leagues for reduced
gravity roller hockey games are already forming and massage therapists
are undergoing special training on how to induce stress to counter
the effects of a low-gravity lifestyle.
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Giant lava lamps filled with biomass suspended in seawater generate oxygen for the complex |
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