The Curiosity Unbounded podcast brings you behind the scenes at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) through conversations between MIT President Sally Kornbluth and the people working in its labs and in the field. Along the way, Sally and her guests discuss pressing issues, as well as what inspires the people running at the world’s toughest challenges at one of the most innovative institutions on the planet.
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The Curiosity Unbounded podcast brings you behind the scenes at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) through conversations between MIT President Sally Kornbluth and the people working in its labs and in the field. Along the way, Sally and her guests discuss pressing issues, as well as what inspires the people running at the world’s toughest challenges at one of the most innovative institutions on the planet.
Skylar Tibbits is a designer and computer scientist whose research focuses on self-assembling and programmable materials, and 3D and 4D printing. He is the founder of the MIT Self-Assembly Lab. Here, Skylar speaks with MIT President Sally Kornbluth about the inspiration for his lab’s projects, why design at MIT is unique, and the magic in combining the creative with the technical. Links: * Skylar Tibbits (https://design.mit.edu/people/profile/skylar-tibbits)* Self-Assembly Lab (https://selfassemblylab.mit.edu/)* Video: Cube self-folding strand (https://vimeo.com/58840897)* MIT Morningside Academy for Design (https://design.mit.edu/)* Growing Islands (https://selfassemblylab.mit.edu/growingislands)Timestamps:(01:01) 4D printing(06:05) Self-assembly(07:21) Growing Islands(13:00) Design at MITShow notes and transcript:https://news.mit.edu/podcast/podcast-curiosity-unbounded-episode-7-staying-radical-and-relevant (https://news.mit.edu/podcast/podcast-curiosity-unbounded-episode-7-staying-radical-and-relevant)Join the mailing list or send us feedback:https://eepurl.com/ixPQPA (https://eepurl.com/ixPQPA)
Curiosity Unbounded
The Curiosity Unbounded podcast brings you behind the scenes at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) through conversations between MIT President Sally Kornbluth and the people working in its labs and in the field. Along the way, Sally and her guests discuss pressing issues, as well as what inspires the people running at the world’s toughest challenges at one of the most innovative institutions on the planet.
