Lessons from human illness for the climate crisis

Loon’s flight data and technical learnings are now available to support stratospheric innovation and research

Taara’s wireless optical communications links are now beaming light-speed connectivity from Brazzaville to Kinshasa across the Congo River

Unlocking the creative and economic potential of industrial robotics for millions more businesses, entrepreneurs, and developers

How ‘provisional specificity’ can clarify ambiguous problems

Rapid iteration in practice

Reflections from the Leaders Summit on Climate

Tips for entering the what if? zone

Loon’s time as an Other Bet is coming to an end

How puppeteering with my parents led to a career in robotics

How the Mineral team created a mini-plant buggy while sheltering-in-place

After prototyping and testing a range of new technologies to help tackle food waste and food insecurity, we’re moving to Google to scale up our work

Project Taara is working with Econet Group and its subsidiaries to roll out wireless optical communication links across their network starting in Kenya

Captain of Moonshots Astro Teller shares what X has learned from a decade of innovation about unleashing radical creativity

New open source resources to help researchers collect and interpret electroencephalography (EEG) data for mental health measurement

An interview with Xer Phil Watson about navigating an uncertain future

A new name for a new way of seeing the plant world

What we’ve learned from 10 years of moonshot taking about choosing your words wisely — and the many benefits of doing so.

Fly your own energy kite virtually and explore Makani’s technology with a new collection of open source materials

Marveling at the weird history of avocado breeding

I sent this note to Xers today and am publishing it here to share our commitment to improving racial diversity, equity and inclusion at X.

Lab lessons from Ratatouille’s Remy

Reflections on Biological Diversity Day

Thoughts for this year's graduating class

Expanding to our second market in Africa will bring connectivity to more people and operational efficiencies to Loon

A moonshot to protect the ocean and feed humanity sustainably

Bringing Makani's 13-year journey to an end

Learning from Asimov’s robot vision at 100

Makani CEO Fort Felker makes a call for collaboration across the wind industry

Teaching robots how to help us in our everyday lives

Makani's first flights from a floating platform

From the Apollo missions, a blueprint for pursuing the audacious and near-impossible

Meet the team teaching robots how to learn

An open source library for efficient tensor calculations

How governments can implement moonshot thinking to bring about positive social change

Why agriculture is ripe for moonshot thinking

Celebrating past accomplishments and building a future where everyone can thrive

After five years of development at X, Makani is now an independent company and is partnering with Shell to bring energy kites to offshore environments

How Glass fits into the flow of work to save time and money

A new approach to grid-scale energy storage

Augmenting human creativity with computers

The Glass team shares its experiences at the 2018 Enterprise Wearable Technology Summit

Astro Teller discusses tech adoption with Slate’s “Secret History of the Future” podcast

Tips for finding a career in moonshots

What you should consider when applying to open roles in an inspiring and ever-evolving field

Reflections on the relationship between storytelling and robotics from the 8th annual Robot Film Festival

Introducing Alphabet’s newest Other Bets

How X’s innovation principles gave rise to the Dandelion Air

Reflections on “Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective”

Sarah Hunter joins government and non-profit leaders at Smart Cities New York

Miki Tomita interviews Astro Teller at the Earth Day Energy Summit

Astro Teller and Martin Giles in conversation at MIT EmTech Digital 2018

Esra Ozkan reflects on research and design lessons with Project Loon in Peru

Cybersecurity needs a moonshot

Why we worry about new technology and what we can do about it

Tests with Free Space Optical Communications

Following Hurricane Maria, Project Loon is now supporting basic communication and internet activities in Puerto Rico

Project Wing is collaborating with communities and partners in southeastern Australia to trial our delivery drones

Machine learning + robots = new approaches to humanity’s big problems

Why I’m optimistic about the airborne wind industry’s next chapter

Glass Enterprise Edition is now available to more businesses

Reducing carbon emissions from home heating and cooling with geothermal energy

How Project Wing is helping to safely integrate unmanned aircraft systems into our airspace

While X’s walls can’t talk (yet!) the Moonshot Factory has many stories to tell

Makani’s path to power generation through prototypes

The scrappy reality of day-to-day innovation

Are you on Innovation Highway or Assumption Alley?

and the power of betting on people

The Graduate Series: A collection of stories where we look back at some of X’s graduated projects and see where they are today.

How experimental play can lead to creative problem solving

Balloon-powered internet takes a step closer to reality

How negative traits can actually be hidden superpowers

Introducing Waymo, a new Alphabet business

Each place can learn from the other: right now, more than ever, we need greater collaboration between them

Give as much attention to your cost model as to your prototype

Don’t use up all your resources on the easy stuff

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A case study from Project Wing

X's approach to inventing and launching new moonshot technologies

Thoughts on inertia, fear, and bravery