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Google X: Secret lab for ‘moonshot’ research

In a rare public speech, Google CEO Larry Page once suggested the tech industry needs "safe places where we can try out new things" without rules or interference. Some people thought he was describing a futuristic fantasy, perhaps a remote desert island where robots roam free.

But Page already has the next best thing in Google X, the secretive skunk works where company scientists get plenty of resources and free rein to work on things like self-driving cars, Internet-connected balloons and flying power generators.

By Brandon Bailey

Full Story: http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_25299001/google-x-secret-lab-moonshot-research

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