Google’s X laboratory, according to its co-supervisor, Astro Teller, aims to “improve technologies by a factor of 10” (hence the X) and to develop “science-fiction-sounding solutions.” The recently-announced Google contact lens (1) is the fourth X-project described, joining Google Glass, the Google Driverless Car and Project Loon, which uses balloons in the stratosphere to deliver internet to all.

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Mark Hillen

I spent seven years as a medical writer, writing primary and review manuscripts, congress presentations and marketing materials for numerous – and mostly German – pharmaceutical companies. Prior to my adventures in medical communications, I was a Wellcome Trust PhD student at the University of Edinburgh.