Neil Gershenfeld

Bits and Atoms, co-author of “Designing Reality.”

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Directs MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms and he’s co-author of “Designing Reality.”

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Neil is co-author of "Designing Reality." Photo by John Werner.

Future of tech has nothing to do with pixels, Snapchat, or the digital world

Neil is co-author of "Designing Reality." Photo by John Werner.

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