Google Goes to the Museum, Takes Anatomy, and Challenges Hackers

Google extends its tendrils into new arenas so quickly that it's difficult to keep up. This week the giant tech company is creating digital art museums, challenging the hackers of the world, letting you play doctor on your tablet, and messing around with fractals. Google Art Project Going to an art museum: Sure, it's a great way to improve your cultural cachet, but it also makes your feet hurt. Fortunately for couch potato art lovers (or those of us who can't fly all over the world on a whim), Google is bringing some of the world's greatest museums to you through Art Project, which takes Street View technology into the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Van Gogh Museum, and others.