Saul Griffith
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Griffith in 2007
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| Born | 1974 (age 49–50) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Fields | Material science |
| Alma mater | University of New South Wales (B.MET.E) University of Sydney (M.E.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D.) |
| Known for | Low-cost eyeglasses, Energy conservation, Howtoons |
Saul Griffith (born 1974) is an Australian American inventor. He is the founder or co-founder of seven companies, including Otherlab (where he is currently CEO), Makani Power, and Instructables.
Education
In 2000, Griffith graduated from the University of Sydney with a Master of Engineering degree.[1]
He won a scholarship to MIT Media Lab to study towards a PhD that he completed in 2004.
The subject of his PhD Thesis was "self-replicating machines". They were one of the first instances of artificial replication being demonstrated using real physics.[2]
Projects
Saul is the co-founder and CEO of OtherLab, a research and development company working on computational manufacturing and design tools[3] and applying those tools to projects such as inflatable pneumatic robots and prostheses,[4] novel approaches to heliostat design,[5] and applications of computational origami to the design of pressure vessels (e.g. for compressed natural gas) in arbitrary shapes.[6]
Previously, he was a co-founder of Squid Labs, and its spinout companies and projects Makani Power, Instructables, Wattzon, HowToons, OptiOpia, Potenco and Monkeylectric.[7]
Griffith now lives in San Francisco.[8]
References
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External links
- Saul Griffith at TED
- Pages with broken file links
- 1974 births
- Living people
- American inventors
- Australian emigrants to the United States
- MacArthur Fellows
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni
- Businesspeople from San Francisco, California
- People from Sydney
- Sustainability advocates
- University of New South Wales alumni
- University of Sydney alumni
- Wind power
