The 10 craziest Google tech ideas

Google is known for pursuing moonshot projects. 

From self-driving cars to drone delivery, the tech giant always seems to have a futuristic project in the works. So we decided to dig through a bunch of the company's patent filings to see what big ideas the company may pursue next.

Now, it's always important to take patents with a grain of salt. Many times a company will file a patent for a device that will never see the light of day. 

However, we stumbled across some pretty wacky patents that we just had to share.

Some are cool, some are creepy, but they are all pretty zany. Take a look: 

There's a patent for a smart, and somewhat creepy, teddy bear.

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The bear comes with speakers, cameras, and microphones so it can listen to your conversations and watch your movements. Presumably, this would be used to watch little kids from afar as a parent, but Google hasn't discussed the intention behind the patent filed in 2012.

And one for a procedure that could give people bionic eyes.

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Google filed a patent in 2014 for a device that could correct vision without needing to use contacts or glasses everyday. The person would have to undergo a surgical procedure that would allow a doctor to insert an "intra-ocular device" to the lens capsule for it to work though.

On that note, there's another contact lens patent — this one would run on solar power.

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The solar-powered contact lenses would collect health data like glucose levels and internal body temperature. The lenses could even come with special capabilities like the ability to read information in bar codes. The patent was filed in 2012.

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