one step closer to the end... google acquires boston dynamics.

from the link above...http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/14/te...of-robots.html
Google confirmed on Friday that it had completed the acquisition of Boston Dynamics, an engineering company that has designed mobile research robots for the Pentagon. The company, based in Waltham, Mass., has gained an international reputation for machines that walk with an uncanny sense of balance and even — cheetahlike — run faster than the fastest humans.

It is the eighth robotics company that Google has acquired in the last half-year...

i'll need to check my mutual funds but if i'm not currently a google shareholder monday morning at 9:05 i damn sure will be.