The problem with problems: Google[X] chief on finding the right real-world issues to fix
Oct19
on October 19, 2014
at 7:26 pm
‘Head of getting moonshots ready for contact with the real world‘ isn’t the simplest job title you’ll ever see, but that’s exactly what Obi Felten at Google[X] gets to call herself. In more comprehensible terms, Felten is a director of product management for early stage Google projects, working alongside engineers, scientists and everyone else to help turn “science fiction-like technology into real world products and businesses.” Such projects include smart contact lens, airborne delivery systems and the much talked-about driverless car, in case you were wondering. Felten was at Wired’s annual conference in London last week, where she was on-stage…
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