Google Netherlands wants to control the weather

Clear skies ahead, thanks to Google.
By Christine Wang  on 
Google Netherlands wants to control the weather
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We have Google to thank for plenty of the innovative technology that we rely on today. But Google as a company is always pushing forward, testing the boundaries of what we can use technology to do next.

In that spirit, Google in the Netherlands has announced a new project called Google Wind where they can actually control the weather using Netherlands' ubiquitous windmills.

Cool, right? We thought so, especially for a company's April Fools' joke. We've already seen so many bad ones in the last few days that it's a true delight to see one that doesn't blow.

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Christine Wang

Christine is a Web Culture Intern at Mashable. She has previously written for FanSided and Saturday Down South. She has a B.A. from the University of California, San Diego and an M.S. from Hunter College. Before she started writing, she worked in education as a teacher and school leader for four years. Her special talents include being able to quote The Office on command, playing non-stop Overwatch for hours, and composing only the wittiest of Tweets (her own opinion).


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