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9.21.2006 Engineering Fiction

(running time 5:54)

Will MIT roboticist Karl Iagnemma soon be hobnobbing with the Hollywood jet set? One of Iagnemma's acclaimed short stories has caught the attention of Brad Pitt. Hear more about it—and more—in this interview.