Moshe Alamaro, a Research Scientist in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences, discusses the need to modify the terrain of semi-arid land to optimize food production and meet increasing global food demands.

A fantastic performance by MIT Resonance a capella group

Deborah Douglas, Director of the MIT Museum, showcases technology at the MIT Museum, such as the “MIT Knee”, to help us understand the idea of “good” tech.

Professor Daniel Jackson discusses the nuances behind software innovation and the recipe for technological success.

Associate Professor Sarah Williams explores big data and synthesizes the data into tools to change policy and have a global impact.

Professor David Karger empowers individuals to evaluate the authenticity of online sources and fight misinformation on the web.

Our last presenters, MIT Spinning Arts, explains the artistic engineering that brings fire spinning to life.

TEDxMIT’s Superpowers Spring speaker series event begins with a performance by MIT Video Game Orchestra, a student-led ensemble dedicated to playing original arrangements of video game music.

Daniela Rus, the Andrew (1956) and Erna Viterbi Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Director of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at MIT, introduces the central theme of TEDxMIT's spring event: Superpowers.

Andreea Bobu, a Boeing Assistant Professor in the MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, develops robot algorithms that learn from and adapt to people and understand the world the same way humans do.

Andrew Lo, a Professor of Finance and the Director of the Laboratory for Financial Engineering at the MIT Sloan School of Management, showcases the phenomenon of loss aversion and the augmentation and assistance of Large Language Models (LLMs) as a trusted financial advisor.

Andres Rico, a graduate student at the MIT Media Lab with a background in Robotics, AI and Innovation, conducts research to capture detailed urban complexity and designs urban sensing infrastructure to improve future cities's socio-environmental performance.

Runako Gentles, a senior at MIT and international student from Jamaica, pursuing a degree in Engineering with a focus on environmental engineering, calls for sustainable development and supporting educational curriculums that closes the gap between innovation and sustainability.

Faith Baca and Ryan Conti, two MIT students, support indigenous communities through developing the First Languages AI Reality (FLAIR): an AI training pipeline that collects indigenous language data to empower indigenous nations with the tools to learn and teach in their language.

Geoff von Maltzhan, an inventor, entrepreneur, CEO, and the co-founder of multiple groundbreaking companies, builds a platform that makes generative biology possible and pushes the boundaries of unexplored biology.

Guy Fedorkow, an MIT Connection Science Fellow and distinguished engineer at Juniper Networks, explains the software restoration of Whirlwind: a Cold War artifact focused on defending the continental US from bomber attacks.

Debbie Douglas, Senior Director of Collections and Curator of Science and Technology at MIT Museum, explains the history behind an exciting artifact that gets humans to the moon and back.

John Leonard, a Samuel C. Collins Professor of Mechanical and Ocean Engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, creates long-lived, self-learning robots that amplify human capabilities in complex environments and possess object-based mapping and navigation underwater

Cayden Pierce, a graduate student researcher at the MIT Media Lab focused on human-computer interaction, sensing, and consciousness, develops language learning smart glasses with translation features.

Annika Thomas, a PhD candidate studying Mechanical Engineering at MIT working in the Aerospace Controls Laboratory, teaches robots how to perceive the world and align frames with other robots.