Larry Page wants Google to build a super-efficient airport

Larry Page's ambitions grow bigger every day. Already, he has Google working on self-driving cars, artificial intelligence, robots, the problem of aging, and drones. At Google, they call these efforts "moonshots". The latest problem Page wants to solve — inefficient airports.

In a report, The Information's Amir Efrati writes — With friends and colleagues, Page has talked about his desire to build an airport that would be more efficient than existing ones.

For example, his argument against the Hyperloop train — a concept for transporting people from San Francisco to Los Angeles in 30 minutes — is that planes are just as efficient; it's the airports that are the problem. It's not clear how Page would build such an airport.

Apparently, Page wants to build a model airport to show the world how it could be done better. Efrati says Page also wants to build a model city. It's all part of "Google 2.0." initiative.

Efrati reports that Page cleared out space in Google's headquarters a year ago, and asked 100 or so employees to help him figure out what huge problems in the world Google could solve.