Post by X, The Moonshot Factory

Welcome to The Moonshot Podcast Newsletter! The Moonshot Podcast chronicles the untold stories of innovation from inside Google's Moonshot Factory. This season, your host, Captain of Moonshots Astro Teller, sits down with innovators exploring the next frontiers of health, biology, computing, agriculture, energy, and more. In the first episode, Astro explores how three X projects have created technologies that are transforming the future of healthcare, featuring: An “E-Bike” for Walking: First, Astro is joined by Kathryn Zealand and Anna Roumiantseva from Skip to discuss the evolution of "Movewear," a robotics and AI moonshot to assist people with mobility challenges. Life-changing Continuous Glucose Monitors: Microelectronics expert Will Biederman takes us through the journey of Project Iris, and how its breakthroughs in miniaturized sensors and batteries laid the foundation for the life-changing continuous glucose monitors used by millions today. An Urgent Clinic in Your Pocket: Verily CEO Stephen G. discusses the future of personalized care, exploring how Verily Me and its AI assistant, Violet, aim to make health information more useful and accessible, with the ultimate goal of providing a "specialist in your pocket."