Google Maps Creators Design Google Wave

Google Wave was previewed at Google I/O.  According to one source, it is a combination of social networking, Gmail and Google Docs.  Google Wave was designed by the Rasmussen brothers (Lars and Jens) who founded Where 2 Tech, which was acquired by Google in 2004 and became Google Maps.  Google says that it will be available later this year.  A developer preview release including Google Wave APIs was announced at Google I/O.