Google X

They are not so much Google x as new product areas within Google .

谷歌的GoogleX项目并没有新产品领域那么多。

But right now Google X does things that can be done more independently .

而现在GoogleX做所的事情能够更加独立。

Fortune : How do moon shots come together at Google X ?

《财富》：GoogleX的“登月”项目是怎么来的？

Google X Labs is creating a pill aimed at detecting cancer and other conditions .

谷歌X实验室正致力于一项用来检测癌症和其他疾病药丸的研究。

Wired : now you have a separate division called Google x , dedicated to moon-shot projects like self-driving cars .

《连线》：现在你设立了一个名叫GoogleX的独立部门，专门研发无人驾驶汽车等高精尖技术。

Project Glass has come out of the Google X Laboratory , and is aimed at improving the incorporation of augmented reality into the experience of users .

Goggles眼镜计划由GoogleX实验室启动，旨在将扩展现实技术融入到日常的用户体验中。

Google X has precisely eight projects , four of which Brin discussed , and he won 't allow new ones until a current member of the class graduates .

比如谷歌X确切地说有8个正在进行的项目，布林讨论了其中的四个项目。不过他表示，在现有的某个项目毕业之前，暂时不会上马新项目了。

Take Loon [ the Google X project to deliver Internet connectivity worldwide through high-altitude balloons ] , for example . This was super obvious .

以Loon项目[通过高空气球在全球范围内提供网络连接]为例，这三个要素非常明显。

Sebastian Thrun , former head of the Google X the advanced projects lab set up to make big bets on the future knows all about technological ambition .

谷歌（Google）成立先进项目实验室GoogleX是为了对未来进行重大的投注。该实验室前负责人塞巴斯蒂安•特伦（SebastianThrun）深谙什么才是科技雄心。

It is just the latest futuristic initiative to come out of Google X , the company 's research and development arm that includes driverless cars and Internet-connected glasses .

这只不过是谷歌研发部门GoogleX推出的最新一项充满未来感的产品设计。该部门的其他计划还包括无人驾驶汽车和连接互联网的眼镜。

Mike Cassidy , a director of the Google X skunkworks , posted a photo of the dinner on Facebook . A source alerted us to its presence .

谷歌X部门主管迈克-卡西迪出席并在Facebook上发布了一张晚宴照片。

Brin explained his curious status as board member , pal of CEO Larry Page and head of Google X , the company 's " moonshot " arm .

布林解释了自己在谷歌公司的角色——既是董事会成员，又是CEO拉里o佩奇的哥们儿，同时也是谷歌最神秘的部门——GoogleX实验室的负责人。

Google X , which includes projects like self-driving cars , a drone delivery service and an attempt to make Internet-connected balloons , will also be managed separately and be run by Mr. Brin .

而无人驾驶汽车、无人机送货服务，以及互联网接入气球项目所属的GoogleX也将单独管理，并由布林负责经营。

In development for a couple of years , the project is the brainchild of Google X , the online search-leader 's secret facility that spawned the self-driving car and could one day send elevators into space .

这款眼镜由网络搜索巨头谷歌公司的秘密机构谷歌X实验室开发数年，该实验室研制出了自动驾驶汽车，还有望研制出太空电梯。

The goal of Google X is to attempt moonshots & efforts that require a radical solution that , if they succeed , would solve a huge problem ( while making a nice return for Google , of course ) .

GoogleX的目标是尝试瞄准月亮开炮&这样志存高远的项目需要激进的解决方案，如果成功的话可以解决重大问题（当然也可以为谷歌带来丰厚的回报）。

Google X , the company 's research division , is the hatchery for all kinds of " moonshots " including self-driving cars , a drone-based delivery service called Project Wing and , perhaps most notably , Google Glass .

谷歌的研究部门GoogleX负责孵化各种奇思妙想，比如无人驾驶汽车、无人机配送服务ProjectWing，其中最引人瞩目的也许就是谷歌眼镜。

The goal of Google X is to attempt " moonshots " - efforts that require a radical solution that , if they succeed , would solve a huge problem ( while making a nice return for Google , of course ) .

GoogleX的目标是尝试“瞄准月亮开炮”——这样志存高远的项目需要激进的解决方案，如果成功的话可以解决重大问题（当然也可以为谷歌带来丰厚的回报）。

With Google X - a semi-secret facility dedicated to making technological advancements , including driverless cars and Internet-connected glasses - also on his CV , Mr Thrun is seen as the market 's most innovative thinker .

曾在GoogleX工作的特龙，被视为这一市场中最具创新能力的思想家。GoogleX是一个处于半保密状态的部门，致力于开展包括无人驾驶汽车和互联网眼镜在内的高科技研发。

Today , Project Loon , which the company 's moonshot lab , Google X , unveiled last year , is testing a fleet of balloons that are routinely staying up in the air for 100 days at a time .

如今，ProjectLoon正在对一批气球进行测试——谷歌的“探月”实验室GoogleX去年披露了这个项目。测试气球通常每次都能在空中停留100天，其累计漂浮的距离已超过300万公里。

How did the partnership between Google [ x ] and Alcon come about ?

《财富》：谷歌X实验室与爱尔康公司是如何达成合作的？

Novartis said Tuesday it is teaming up with Google [ x ] GOOG - 1.53 % , the search company 's research arm , to launch smart lens technology .

上周二，诺华公司（Novartis）称，正与搜索巨头谷歌（Google）的研究团队合作，准备推出智能隐形眼镜技术。

Glass is a product of Google 's X laboratory , which was set up under co-founder Sergey Brin to make big bets on projects such as driverless cars .

谷歌眼镜是谷歌旗下X实验室的产品。该实验室由谷歌共同创始人谢尔盖•布林（SergeyBrin）设立，其目的是用于豪赌无人驾驶汽车等项目。

George came on board to lead the contact-maker on May 1 , and already in his two and a half months on the job he 's helped to land the Google [ x ] partnership and is planning out how Alcon can leverage this miniature technology to transform everyday health .

今年5月1日，乔治升任爱尔康总裁，在他的协助下，两个半月前公司与谷歌X实验室达成合作。目前爱尔康公司正在筹划如何借助这一微型技术改善普通人的健康水平。

Teller works closely with CEO Larry Page , which Fortune named 2014 businessperson of the year , and Sergey Brin , the Google co-founder who oversees X and other special projects .

在工作上和泰勒密切配合的有谷歌首席执行官拉里o佩奇（《财富》杂志2014年年度商人），以及谷歌联合创始人、管理着GoogleX和其他一些专业项目的谢尔盖o布林。

The immense processing power of Google 's global computing network and the brainpower of its secretive Google X research labs remain largely hidden from a curious world .

谷歌全球计算网络的强大信息处理能力以及神秘的GoogleX实验室中的技术天才很少为外界所知。

Google 's effort to build a self-driving car is part of the division called Google X , led by a scientist with the too perfect name of Astro Teller .

谷歌制造自动驾驶汽车的项目，是一个称作GoogleX的部门开展的。领导这个部门的科学家有一个再合适不过的名字，叫做阿斯特罗·泰勒（AstroTeller，意为“星际揭秘者”——译注）。

Page and Brin both said Google would continue to expand beyond its core search capabilities , including investing in Android and Google X projects .

佩奇和布林都表示，谷歌还会在自己核心搜索业务之外继续拓展，包括投资Android和GoogleX项目。

That 's the vast majority of Google 's enterprise , with the exception of YouTube and other semi-independent units like Nest , Google X , and Calico .

换句话说，他负责的工作已经涵盖了谷歌绝大多数业务，只有YouTube、Nest、GoogleX和Calico等半独立的事业部除外。