Here’s a sampling of talks given at a recent Google sponsored Solve for X event in which many “moonshot” ideas were presented:
Dmitriy Tseliakhovich of Escape Dynamics describes microwave powered space launch:
Julia Greer of Caltech describes 3D architected nano-metamaterials
Suchitra Sebastian discusses A New Generation of Superconductors
Ido Bachelet talks about surgical nanorobotics