Google X Lab, sometimes referred to simply as Google X, is a secret facility run by Google

Google

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 thought to be located somewhere in the Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

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 of Nothern California

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Reportedly worked on at the lab is a list of over 100 projects pertaining to future technologies such as a space elevator

Space elevator

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, self-driving car, and the Web of Things

Web of Things

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A number of articles have speculated as to the types of projects that are encompassed by Google X Lab as well as the motivations for such projects.

External links

• New York Times Article discussing the Google X Lab.