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We’ve moved!

As of September 16, you can find all of our news, stories and insights on our new blog on the X website. We will no longer be posting here…

1 min readSep 28, 2021

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The Team at X
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X, the moonshot factory

“Mother Nature waits for no-one”

How the Mineral team created a mini-plant buggy while sheltering-in-place

3 min readDec 15, 2020

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“Mother Nature waits for no-one”

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X, the moonshot factory

“We value flying pigs, metaphorically and literally”: Astro Teller in conversation with Gideon…

At EmTech 2020, Captain of Moonshots Astro Teller shares what X has learned from a decade of innovation about unleashing radical creativity

2 min readNov 9, 2020

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“We value flying pigs, metaphorically and literally”: Astro Teller in conversation with Gideon…

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X, the moonshot factory

How [not] to predict the future

An interview with Xer Phil Watson about navigating an uncertain future

3 min readOct 13, 2020

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How [not] to predict the future

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A long and windy road

Editor’s note: This blog was originally published on the Makani team blog by Dr. Fort Felker on February 18th, 2020. In 2020, Makani’s…

3 min readFeb 18, 2020

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A long and windy road

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How Energy Kites Expand the Reach of Offshore Wind

Makani CEO Fort Felker makes a call for collaboration across the wind industry to promote emerging technologies. Working together will…

6 min readDec 11, 2019

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How Energy Kites Expand the Reach of Offshore Wind

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Creativity can combat climate change: why Makani is making kites that generate clean power

Editor’s note: This blog was originally published on the Makani team blog by the Makani team on September 20, 2019. In 2020 Makani’s…

4 min readSep 20, 2019

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Creativity can combat climate change: why Makani is making kites that generate clean power

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Makani’s airborne wind power system takes flight offshore

The first flights of Makani’s energy kite from a floating platform are a big step towards increased access to energy resources that are…

3 min readAug 15, 2019

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Makani’s airborne wind power system takes flight offshore

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Energy kite flight footage from Hawai’i

Makani has been successfully flying our M600 energy kite in Hawai’i since 2018

1 min readAug 13, 2019

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Energy kite flight footage from Hawai’i

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Makani takes to the ocean with Shell

Makani is now an independent company and is partnering with Shell to bring energy kites to offshore environments

3 min readAug 8, 2019

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Makani takes to the ocean with Shell

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The Team at X

X is a moonshot factory. Our mission is to invent and launch breakthrough technologies that we hope could someday make the world a radically better place.

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