Teleportation wins, invisibility loses, and the ability to obtain a Google Wave invite is a given: crowded around a humble whiteboard, engineers at the Googleplex debate what superhuman powers are most awesome. (ieee spectrum via @DangerRoom)
Google engineers debate which superhuman powers are awesomest
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