Extensions on Google Wave can be thought of like applications on Facebook or Myspace. Having applications on your Facebook account allows for a more complete experience, and in the same way, extensions will be devices that will enhance your Google Wave affairs by far. There are two types of extensions: gadgets and robots.
Gadgets are extensions that act like individual appliances within a wave. A couple examples of gadgets include the search engine within the waves and games such as Sudoku and Chess.
Robots are extensions that are actively involved in the conversation within the wave. One example of an amazing robot which was demonstrated in the Google I/O 2009 is a translation robot. This robot can translate forty different languages, and the coolest thing about it is that it translates word by word, character by character in real time.
There are no limitations when coming to variations of robots and gadgets. Since Google Wave is open source, as I’ve explained previous posts, any developer from around the world can create their own robots and gadgets. Because of this, extensions will enhance the Google Wave experience in ways we cannot even begin to comprehend.
