Curiosity Unbounded, Ep. 4: Build your own superpower, then share it with the world by MIT News published on 2023-08-31T14:22:06Z Fadel Adib is an associate professor at the MIT Media Lab and Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. His work pushes the limits of wireless sensing: to monitor climate change in the oceans; to impact food production, health, and space exploration; and to see through walls. In this episode, MIT President Sally Kornbluth talks with Adib about his work and how he’s inspired to solve pressing global issues. Along the way, they discuss his belief in the importance of inspiring others and democratizing advanced tools and technologies, as well as his early life in Lebanon and his family-held belief that education has the power to change lives. Links: - Fadel Adib: https://www.mit.edu/~fadel/ - The Big Bang Theory episode: https://youtube.com/watch?v=-7hJsis-Kpg - Emerald Innovations: https://emeraldinno.com - Signal Kinetics group: https://signal-kinetics.media.mit.edu - Cartesian Systems: https://cartesian.systems - MIT 100k Entrepreneurship Competition: https://mit100k.org - Sensea: https://sensea.ai Timestamps: 01:38 - The superpower question 07:48 - Detecting emotions through walls and The Big Bang Theory episode 09:00 - Ocean work and implications for aquaculture, climate change, and space exploration 17:50 - Early life in Lebanon 21:10 - Democratization of technology 25:52 - Family and the importance of education 28:26 - Local impact 29:24 - Public education through videos Show notes and transcript: https://news.mit.edu/podcast/podcast-curiosity-unbounded-episode-4-build-your-own-superpower-then-share-it-world Join the mailing list or send us feedback: https://eepurl.com/ixPQPA The Curiosity Unbounded podcast brings you behind the scenes at 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. Genre Science