Google X lab short ppt

1. Google X Lab
By:-
Syed Umair Husain - 62
Hasan Iqbal – 45
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2. Contents
• Google
• X Lab
• Projects
• Infeasible Projects
• Conclusion
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3. 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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4. 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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5. • Renamed as “X” on Oct 2, 2015
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6. X Projects - Moonshots
• Self Driving Car
• Loon
• Wing
• Glass
• Google contact lens
• Google Brain
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7. 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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9. 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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10. Loon
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11. 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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12. Glass
• Wearable technology with an Optical head-
mounted display (OHMD)
• Hands free display of information
• Cost around $1500
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13. Contact Lens
• Aims to assist people with diabetes
• By constantly measuring the glucose levels in
their tears
• Currently being tested
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14. 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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15. Other projects
• Google’s Android
• Nexus
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16. Infeasible Projects
• Space Elevator
• Hover board
• Jetpack
• Teleportation
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17. Conclusion
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