There are two levels at which Google excites. There is a systematic stream of advances, such as those presented at the 2015 Google I/O event earlier this year — Android M, Google Photos and the like.

Then there is major game-changing news that seems to come out of nowhere but appears to capture the future in an extraordinary way. We all know about the self-driving car that is spurring global innovation in transportation. (Yes, Google has much tweaking to do before we hit public acceptance and high usability. But the moon-shot nature of the initial effort and its impact in pushing the industry to think anew remain valid). Google’s Project Loon seeks to use balloons to bring Wi-Fi to the whole world. Then there are the more recent advances in developing ways of detecting heart attacks, cancers and strokes earlier than possible today.

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