Google Dabbles in Dream Tech in Hush-Hush X Lab

Google is experimenting in some rather large-minded projects, if a recent report is to be believed. Somewhere in the San Francisco area, Google researchers are studying technologies that could lead to constructions such as a space elevator, according to the report. It's also apparently where Google's trying to make its driverless car suitable for mass use. Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) scientists are laboring away on futuristic projects in a top-secret lab somewhere in the San Francisco Bay Area, The New York Times claims. This lab, which is apparently so hush-hush that few Googlers even knew it existed prior to the report, is allegedly called "Google X." More than 100 futuristic projects are said to be under way there. These include a space elevator project, experiments working to connect home appliances and dinner dishes to the Internet, robots that can go to work instead of their owners, and the development of driverless cars for the mass market. Google Cofounders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, who's also CEO, are reportedly involved in the lab, together with other top executives, including Chairman Eric Schmidt. Google didn't respond to requests for comment by press time.

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