Google's Larry Page: Sidewalk Labs Aimed at Improving City Life

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Do you want to find out what Larry Page's latest project is? It's Sidewalk Labs. "Our mission is to improve life in cities for everyone through the application of technology to solve urban problems."

Sounds like big data is going to help with this program.

Sidewalk will focus on improving city life for everyone by developing and incubating urban technologies to address issues like cost of living, efficient transportation and energy usage. The company will be led by Dan Doctoroff, former CEO of Bloomberg and Deputy Mayor of Economic Development and Rebuilding for the City of New York. Google's Larry Page: Sidewalk Labs Aimed at Improving City Life [plus.google.com]

New technologies are already transforming commerce, media and access to information. However, while there are apps to tell people about traffic conditions, or the prices of available apartments, the biggest challenges that cities face -- such as making transportation more efficient and lowering the cost of living, reducing energy usage and helping government operate more efficiently have, so far, been more difficult to address.

Sidewalk Labs will develop new products, platforms and partnerships to make progress in these areas. Sidewalk Inc. press release [sidewalkinc.com]

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Isn't this what governments do?

Where are all the conspiracist when you need one.

[lucy24]

Sidewalk Labs Aimed at Improving City Life

Raise your hand if your immediate mental picture involved white coats, Bunsen burners, glass flasks, metal-topped tables, and custom pharmaceuticals prepared to order while you wait

[Leosghost]

Hand raised :)..
a variety of them already exists..they call them cocktail bars..