Google Projects that could change the World

Google parent company Alphabet has so many projects cooking it can be difficult to keep track. But there are some that could truly change the world. Here are the mind-blowing projects.

The smart contact lenses project is run by Alphabet's Verily Company, which was originally named Google Life Sciences. The lenses could be solar-powered and collect biological data about the wearer. Sensors embedded in the contacts could collect information like body temperature and blood-alcohol content. The lenses could also have glucose sensors to measure sugar levels in your tears. 

Project Loon aims to provide internet access to rural areas and parts of the world where it's difficult to access the web. The balloons will fly 60,000 to 90,000 feet in the air, or two to three times higher than airplanes fly. They'll be powered by solar, allowing them to stay airborne for 100 days at a time. The balloons will beam LTE signals to the ground. 

Now run under Alphabet's Google X division, Makani Power makes an airborne device called an 'energy kite' to create renewable energy. An energy kite is equipped with rotors that help it lift off the ground. Once it's in flight, the wind forces the rotors to act like individual turbines. The system reportedly generates 50 per cent more energy than traditional turbines and uses 90 per cent less materials. 

The tech giant plans to beam the internet around the world using drones as part of its Project Titan. Dubbed the Titan Aerospace Solara 50, the drone can stay airborne for five years straight, thanks to the 3,000 solar cells on its wingspan.

About 1.24 million people worldwide die each year in collisions, with that number expected to rise to 2.2 million by 2030, according to the World Health Organization. But having driverless cars on the road can greatly reduce the number of accidents. Google's driverless cars are leading the industry, having driven over 1.7 million miles in autonomous mode since 2009. 

Google X The research team is developing tiny magnetic particles called nanoparticles that can attach to cells, proteins, or other molecules. Google X is also developing a wearable that would use a magnet to count the particles consistently. The system could provide an early warning system for cancer. 

Google's artificial intelligence could truly change the world as we know it. When Google's AI system AlphaGo beat a world champion at the complex game of Go, it garnered a lot of praise. If Google's AI continues to advance on the track it's on today, it could open a world of possibilities, like building conscious machines. 

Run by Calico, a company under Alphabet that stands for California Life Company, the project's researchers are looking at things like genes that correlate to longer lifespans in certain people. There's still very little information out there about what Calico is working on. 

Most Powerful People in Tech World

It isn’t just wealth and it isn’t just control over people or resources. It’s more. True Power is a potent combination of money and influence that enables people to help shape the world. And only a selected group of people really possess the economic and political clout to effect global change. For better or worse, their decisions affect millions, shake industries, and change nations. Here are some men and women who are most influential in technology landscape.

Foremost is IBM CEO Ginni Rometty. Her mandate is to keep one of tech’s most iconic companies which employ 380,000 people on par, relevant and profitable for the long haul even if it means changing some of the most fundamental things about the company. There is a trio of Internet Kings in China, collectively known as “BAT” – Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent. Robin Li commands the market in Internet search as the Chairman and CEO of Baidu, China Google’s equivalent.

Since becoming Microsoft third CEO last year, Satya Nadella has been busy helping the technology company relevant again. While Microsoft is still a software giant it pulls in about $95 Billion in sales. Oracle Billionaire co-founder Larry Ellison stepped down as the company CEO last year but hasn’t pumped the brakes. He still serves as Chairman and CTO of the $38 Billion database and software titan.

The second richest person in China, Alibaba founder and CEO Jack Ma broke records with the e-commerce company $25 Billion initial public offering in 2014, the world largest ever. Along with fellow co-founder Larry Page, Sergey Brin helped orchestrate Google massive restructuring announced in August. The move made Google a subsidiary of a new holding company called Alphabet, run by Brin as President and Page as CEO. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of world largest social network.

Larry Page, CEO of Alphabet. Google would become a subsidiary of new holding company Alphabet, which would oversee all of Google ventures, such as Nest, Calico, and Google X as standalone entities. Tim Cook runs the most valuable company on the planet in Apple, which is worth $645 Billion. Under Cook’s continued direction as CEO, 2015 has been one of the company best years yet. Amazon.com is an undeniable superpower in e-commerce. Jeff Bezos privately owned Space Company Blue Origin successfully launched its first spacecraft this year and has plans to test rocket engines & launch manned rockets within the next decade.

Bill Gates co-founded Microsoft in 1975, builded an Iconic software company and becoming the richest man on earth in the process, with a net worth of $87.3 Billion. Though he still on the company board, he is no longer actively involved in Microsoft. Gates and Warren Buffet started the Giving Pledge to encourage billionaires to follow their lead and give away half or more of their wealth.