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What engineering do at Google’s Santa Monica offices

April 10, 2009

Not too many people realize that Google has operations in Santa Monica. But, ever wonder what Google’s Santa Monica engineers are working on?

Apparently, creating giant, penny-melting, popcorn-popping Fresnel lenses.

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