Emerging Technologies That Matter: Encouraging Moonshot Thinking
<p>Oct 05, 2014 12:44 PM</p>
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Google X founded 4 years ago; Manhattan like projects.
want 10X return... enormous problem that has a radical solution;</p>
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Astro Teller: Captain of Moonshots...</p>
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eg make a car run for 400 miles on a gallon of gas...
must rethink the problem completely (not just do redesign of efficiency.)</p>
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Space Elevator took days to discard: power; strength of material;</p>
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Contact lenses work: Univ of Washington did orig academic work;
mini Manhattan ... monitoring tears from contact lenses;
Alcon partnership (Novartis division);
we want to put sensors and computer components on the lens.
but will not do the marketing.</p>
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Obi Felton.(woman).. getting moonshots ready for the real world;
interface with the market for Goog X.</p>
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