Google continues its expansion in new areas of human life. Ambitions IT giant to be envied, and this time they announced the creation of a new independent company called Sidewalk Labs, which, according to Executive Director of Google, Larry page, will focus on overseeing the development of cities.

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Google continues its expansion in new areas of human life. Ambitions IT giant to be envied, and this time they announced the creation of a new independent company called Sidewalk Labs, which, according to Executive Director of Google, Larry page, will focus on overseeing the development of cities.

While this profile sounds rather strange, but the Internet company is more than serious: head Sidewalk Labs appointed Dan Doctoroff, former Deputy mayor of new York on economic development and head of the financial news Agency Bloomberg. Led by an experienced Manager, the organization will monitor the improvement of living cities that will be achieved through the development of new technologies.

it is anticipated that Sidewalk Labs will be able to influence many aspects of urban life, including the effectiveness of the transport system and the consumption of energy resources. Moreover, the company plans to help the state in improving the efficiency of urban management and reducing the cost of living in them. The first city that will run Sidewalk Labs, will be in new York.

Larry page compared the new ambitious project of his company with promising enterprise Google X, which is an experimental research centre, as well as with biotech company Google Calico, which is seeking ways to extend the life of a person.