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Neil Gershenfeld

Director of the MIT Center for Bits and Atoms, Professor at MIT, pioneer in digital fabrication and the maker movement, author of 'Fab: The Coming Revolution on Your Desktop—and in Your Garage', and researcher at the intersection of computer science, physics, and engineering.

About

Neil Gershenfeld is the Director of the MIT Center for Bits and Atoms and a Professor at MIT.
He is known for his groundbreaking work in digital fabrication, which blurs the line between computer science and physical engineering.
Gershenfeld has authored influential books and contributed significantly to the maker movement.
His research focuses on enabling new methods of manufacturing and computation that integrate the digital and physical worlds.

Areas of Expertise

physicist director

Recent Podcasts

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Neil Gershenfeld: Self-Replicating Robots and the Future of Fabrication | Lex Fridman Podcast #380

Topic: Robotics, digital fabrication, and the philosophy of computation

02:07:051,201,75814,4302 years ago
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