11 Google projects that could change the world

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Google's parent company Alphabet has so many projects cooking it can be difficult to keep track.

But there are some that could truly change the world as we know it once they're complete.

Scroll down to see the most mind-blowing projects.

Project Loon aims to provide internet access to rural areas and parts of the world where it's difficult to access the web.

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How exactly does Google plan to bring the internet anywhere and everywhere? Balloons! The balloons will fly 60,000 to 90,000 feet in the air, or two to three times higher than airplanes fly. They'll be powered by solar, allowing them to stay airborne for 100 days at a time.

The balloons will beam LTE signals to the ground.

The tech giant also plans to beam the internet around the world using drones as part of its Project Titan.

Titan Aerospace

Dubbed the Titan Aerospace Solara 50, the drone can stay airborne for five years straight thanks to the 3,000 solar cells on its wingspan.

Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, said the idea is to use both Loon and Titan to provide reliable internet coverage to the roughly 4 billion people on earth without it, Verge reported.

Alphabet is also working on a pill that can detect cancer as part of its "moonshot lab" Google X.

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The research team is developing tiny magnetic particles called nanoparticles that can attach to cells, proteins, or other molecules. Google X is also developing a wearable that would use a magnet to count the particles consistently. The system could provide an early warning system for cancer.

Source: Wall Street Journal

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