Google X Lab

By:-

Syed Umair Husain - 62

Hasan Iqbal – 45

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Contents

• Google

• X Lab

• Projects

• Infeasible Projects

• Conclusion

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What’s Google

• American MNC specializing in Internet related products and services

• Founded by Larry Page & Sergey Brin in 1996

• Includes– Online advertising tech

– Search

– Cloud computing

– Software

– Hardware

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X (Google X)

• American semi-secret R & D facility

• Founded by Google in Jan 2010

• Operates as subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.

• Headquarters at Googleplex, Mountain View, CA

• Started with the development of Google’s self-driving car

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• Renamed as “X” on Oct 2, 2015

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X Projects - Moonshots

• Self Driving Car

• Loon

• Wing

• Glass

• Google contact lens

• Google Brain

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Self Driving Car

• Developing technology for autonomous cars, mainly electric cars

• Project manager –Sebastian Thrun

• Driven 2,411,142 Km in March 2016

• Concerned with operation

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Loon• Aims to bring

internet access to everyone

• By creating internet network of balloons flying through stratosphere

• Uses wireless router• Placed at 32 Km

altitude

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Loon

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Wing

• Aims to deliver products by flying vehicles

• Similar to Amazon Prime Air concept

• Solar fueled drone in beta version

• Package safety compromised during landing

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Glass

• Wearable technology with an Optical head-mounted display (OHMD)

• Hands free display of information

• Cost around $1500

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Contact Lens

• Aims to assist people with diabetes

• By constantly measuring the glucose levels in their tears

• Currently being tested

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Google Brain

• Uses deep learning techniques

• To crack problems of artificial intelligence

• Considered as biggest success

• Used in

– Android OS speech recognition system

– Photo search for Google+

– Video recommendations in YouTube

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Other projects

• Google’s Android

• Nexus

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Infeasible Projects

• Space Elevator

• Hover board

• Jetpack

• Teleportation

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Conclusion

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