• Staying radical and relevant — Skylar Tibbits

  • Mar 5 2024
  • Length: 26 mins
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Staying radical and relevant — Skylar Tibbits

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  • 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
    • Self-Assembly Lab
    • Video: Cube self-folding strand
    • MIT Morningside Academy for Design
    • Growing Islands

    Timestamps:

    (01:01) 4D printing

    (06:05) Self-assembly

    (07:21) Growing Islands

    (13:00) Design at MIT

    Show notes and transcript:

    https://news.mit.edu/podcast/podcast-curiosity-unbounded-episode-7-staying-radical-and-relevant

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