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Google’s original Android mascot would have given children everywhere horrible nightmares

Published Jan 4th, 2013 12:06PM EST
Google Original Android Mascot

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It’s a good thing that companies don’t normally let software engineers produce marketing materials. Exhibit A is Android engineer Dan Morrill, who posted pictures on his Google+ page this week showing his original stand-in concept art for Google’s (GOOG) Android logo that he prepared for a presentation. In short, Morrill’s sketches are terrifying. Instead of the cute little green “bug man” Android logo that we’ve all come to love over the past few years, Morrill depicted a menacing, crazy-eyed deathbot that looks as though it was found drawn on the walls of a remote Siberian Soviet-era insane asylum. It’s hard to pinpoint the most disturbing aspect of Morrill’s doodle: The robot’s multicolored spiral eyes, its ladder mouth or the way its pincers look poised to rip out your internal organs. At any rate, it’s a good thing that Google wisely decided to not adopt Morrill’s design, because the last thing someone wants is a mobile operating system that looks capable of killing you in your sleep.

Brad Reed
Brad Reed Staff Writer

Brad Reed has written about technology for over eight years at BGR.com and Network World. Prior to that, he wrote freelance stories for political publications such as AlterNet and the American Prospect. He has a Master's Degree in Business and Economics Journalism from Boston University.